Industry Developments

Misleading medical news stories are rife and have a potentially harmful impact on consumers, according to a study published in the PLoS Medicine journal. The paper analysed the quality... 2008-05-30

The US FDA has outlined an ambitious new initiative to monitor the safety of pharmaceuticals and medical devices. The FDA plans to create a national, integrated, electronic system,... 2008-05-27

Following disappointing financial results, Canadian firm Biovail has revealed a restructuring plan. The drugmaker will close two foreign manufacturing plants and will increasingly... 2008-05-12

BMI estimates that over 95% of global pharmaceutical sales are made by private enterprises, and predicts that this figure will increase in the future. State-run drugmakers are an... 2008-04-29

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

The usual bold plans for using trade to leverage improved intellectual property (IP) provisions were contained within the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR)'s 2008 National... 2008-04-08

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

A survey by researchers at Brazil's Londrina State University has suggested that a lack of information on the correct use of medicines is resulting in a heightened risk of misuse... 2008-04-03

BMI recently voiced its concerns as to the affordability of the Jamaica Labour Party's manifesto promise of 'free public hospital care'. The pledge became reality on April 1. The... 2008-04-01

BMI recently voiced its concerns as to the affordability of the Jamaica Labour Party's manifesto promise of 'free public hospital care'. The pledge became reality on April 1. The... 2008-04-01