Industry Developments

Abrafarma - a Brazilian retail pharmacy trade association comprising the country's leading 26 chains - has published new data indicating that generic medicines continue to perform... 2006-04-18

Argentine drug regulator ANMAT has published a revision to its drug registration law, No. 3802/04, which will be effective from May 2, 2006. The measure - which was postponed in 2004... 2006-04-18

According to Brazilian media reports, a draft law that would have obliged local doctors to include chemical names of prescription scripts has been amended at the Committee stage in... 2006-04-13

The US FDA approved fewer drugs in 2005 than previous years, but approval times were shorter and more innovative therapies were allowed on to the

US R&D-based industry association PhRMA has condemned market access barriers - including intellectual property violations, price controls and red tape - in Canada and Latin America.... 2006-04-12

The US FDA has approved Indian drugmaker Aurobindo Pharma's generic version of GlaxoSmithKline's Retrovir (zidovudine) for the treatment of HIV/AIDS. Following the expiration of zidovudine's... 2006-04-11

The outgoing head of Brazil's US$450mn per year, free-to-use ARVs programme has issued a dire warning over the future sustainability of the scheme. Pedro Chequer also criticised the... 2006-04-11

Data released by Chilean industry association ASILFA indicates that Uruguay and Venezuela led the Latin American pharmaceutical market in terms of per capita unit sales in 2005. The... 2006-04-11

Pharmaceutical companies are routinely exaggerating the capabilities of their products in the US, leading to accusations of disease mongering in drug promotions to consumers, according... 2006-04-11

Mexico's Health Secretariat is to publish a new edition of the national pharmacopeia, which includes recent reforms to drug registration. Under last year's amendments to Article 376... 2006-04-10