Colombia
Companies
In a move that demonstrates contrasting views of the importance of a local presence in emerging markets to innovative pharmaceutical companies, US-based Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS)...
2008-06-11Industry
As part of Colombia's Presidential Programme for Combating Corruption, the country's research-based manufacturers association, AFIDRO, has signed a 'self-regulation' agreement to...
2008-06-02Industry
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...
2006-11-20
