Colombia
Industry
Colombia has become the first country to eliminate the tropical disease onchocerciasis, commonly known as river blindness - a leading cause of preventable sight-loss in the developing...
2007-11-16Companies
Leading Chilean pharmaceutical manufacturer Laboratorios Andrómaco S.A. has signed a deal to acquire three smaller Colombian producers, California S.A., Memphis Products S.A. and...
2007-09-18Companies
Colombia's association of multinational, research-based pharmaceutical companies (AFIDRO) has said it would push for legislative approval of the terms of the US Free Trade Agreement...
2007-02-08Companies
A Colombian judge has ordered US firm Pfizer to withdraw its erectile dysfunction drug Viagra (sildenafil) from the market because it violates the registration documents of local...
2006-11-28Companies
Colombian pharmaceutical companies represented by the industry association ASINFAR remain apprehensive over the country's free trade agreement (FTA) with the US, which has been ratified...
2006-11-24Companies
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that Latin America remains one of the regions worst affected by illegal medicines such as counterfeits. IMPACT - a new working group...
2006-11-20Companies
Illustrating a further shift in policy, the Colombian government is to source anti-AIDS drugs from state-owned manufacturers in Brazil. In recent months, Colombian officials have...
2006-10-18Companies
France's Sanofi-Aventis has acquired a pharmaceutical firm in Cali, Colombia, with a view to starting production of generic medicines under its Winthrop generics label. The purchase...
2006-09-29
