Mexico

US-based Perrigo has acquired Mexico's Laboratorios Diba for around US$25mn in cash. Laboratorios Diba operates a manufacturing plant in Guadalajara and markets around 50 products... 2008-10-07

Israel's Teva Pharmaceutical Industries has moved to end speculation that it is eying up an acquisition of Germany's Stada Arzneimittel. Teva's North American CEO William Marth stated... 2008-09-22

In the face of disappointing financial results, India's Strides Arcolab has agreed to the sale of its Latin America joint venture, Strides Latina, to its partner, South Africa's Aspen... 2008-09-18

In line with BMI's warning that Grupo Casa Saba (GCS) could be reaching the limit of its ability to beat market growth in its home country, the Mexican drug distributor has made its... 2008-08-18

Recently listed Mexican drugmaker Genomma Lab Internacional has acquired the brand Unigastrozol along with the related rights and registrations from Unipharm de Mexico . The drug... 2008-08-05

In a move aimed at lowering pharmaceutical prices in Mexico, President Felipe Calderón has pledged to end the requirement for pharmaceutical companies that sell products in Mexico... 2008-08-05

Reuters has reported that 1,013 people died in 2005-2007 after overdosing on the powerful pain killer fentanyl. Chicago alone witnessed 349 deaths, followed by Philadelphia with 269,... 2008-07-29

A coalition of around 60 non-governmental organisations (NGOs) has written to Mexico's health secretary, José Ángel Córdova Villalobos, calling on him to declare HIV/AIDS a national... 2008-06-19

In what could be a significant boost to the self-sufficiency of Mexico's pharmaceutical market, state-owned vaccine maker Laboratorios de Biológicos y Reactivos de México (Birmex)... 2008-04-09

Two of Latin America's leading drugmakers are to collaborate to initiate an intra-region tie-up. Mexico's Laboratories Silanes and Brazil's Aché Laboratórios Farmacêuticos have... 2008-04-04