Venezuela
Industry
An Iranian envoy to Venezuela has signalled Tehran's preparedness to provide the technologies necessary for Venezuela to manufacture medicines and construct medical laboratories....
2010-05-11Companies
Brazilian pharmaceutical company Eurofarma has confirmed it is in negotiations to acquire companies in Uruguay, Paraguay and Colombia, reaffirming the company's intention to establish...
2010-01-08Industry
Japan's largest drugmaker, Takeda, has announced that it plans to enter the South American drug market via the acquisition of a generic drugmaker in the region, though the company...
2009-11-30Industry
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has declared the country's health sector to be in an 'emergency situation' and has re-launched the Barrio Adentro ('Inside the Neighbourhood') scheme,...
2009-10-12Industry
In a move that further reduces Venezuela's attractiveness to multinational drugmakers, the country's Minister of Trade, Eduardo Saman, has announced that the government will restrict...
2009-08-17Industry
BMI is poised to downgrade Venezuela's score for intellectual property on our Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare Business Environment Ratings. The South American country is considering...
2009-06-22Industry
Nationalisation of a pharmaceutical company's mothballed production facility in Venezuela will have significant ramifications. Local manufacture of certain medicines will increase,...
2009-05-29Industry
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez inaugurated a drug production centre in Caracas in early May 2009. He also approved a US$40mn budget for 2009 and US$43mn budget for 2010 for the...
2009-05-08
