Venezuela

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... 2009-11-30

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,... 2009-10-12

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... 2009-08-17

BMI is poised to downgrade Venezuela's score for intellectual property on our Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare Business Environment Ratings. The South American country is considering... 2009-06-22

Nationalisation of a pharmaceutical company's mothballed production facility in Venezuela will have significant ramifications. Local manufacture of certain medicines will increase,... 2009-05-29

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

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