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Flag of China and masks

Argentina ramps up production of face masks as Chinese demand surges

Feb. 13, 2020
By Sergio Held
BOGOTA, Colombia – Medical supply manufacturers in Argentina have seen a surge in demand for their products from China, which is reaching out globally for the goods it needs to deal with the outbreak of COVID-19.
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Colombia expands price caps: 2,487 drugs now have price regulation

Feb. 12, 2020
By Sergio Held
BOGOTA, Colombia – As part of an effort to further control drug costs, Colombia set price caps on 770 drugs in late January. The move takes the total of price-regulated drugs in the Latin American country to 2,487. The new caps on drug prices apply to a broad range of products from generics to biosimilars and to biologics such as ranibizumab, trastuzumab, vedolizumab, secukinumab and pembrolizumab, among dozens of others.
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Map of South America

Med-tech sector crashes in Venezuela

Jan. 29, 2020
By Sergio Held
BOGOTA, Colombia – Venezuela’s med-tech sector has been virtually decimated by the ongoing crisis, which has not only displaced millions of people but also destroyed the country’s economy over the past four years.
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Blue heart and data grid

Company designs glove to replace echocardiography device

Dec. 31, 2019
By Sergio Held
BOGOTA, Colombia – A startup in Mexico has developed an intelligent glove to diagnose cardiac diseases in seconds just by touching a patient’s chest. The invention could become available on the market by the end of 2020, when Soluciones Kenko, from Jalisco, Mexico, expects to hit the Mexican market with a futuristic solution for the health care sector.
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Staphylococcus aureus

Argentine researchers develop surfaces that could improve medical devices

Dec. 30, 2019
By Sergio Held
BOGOTA, Colombia – Researchers at the National University of Córdoba, in Córdoba, Argentina, have developed a technique to optimize the biofunctions of surfaces and inhibit microorganisms such as Staphylococcus aureus from adhering to and building colonies on solid substrates’ surfaces.
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Japanese flag

Establishment Labs eyes the Japanese market

Dec. 19, 2019
By Sergio Held
Establishment Labs SA, from the Virgin Islands and with main manufacturing and marketing operations in Alajuela, Costa Rica, where it was founded, is entering the Japanese market with what it says is a revolutionary breast implant solution, starting this month.
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3D printing: Key to Boston Scientific operations in Costa Rica

Nov. 27, 2019
By Sergio Held
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica – 3D printing has emerged as a source of tangible solutions to multiple challenges facing the medical technology industry, and some of the largest companies in the space are already looking at and using this rapidly evolving technology. Med-tech manufacturer Boston Scientific Corp., for instance, is using 3D printing across multiple plants around the world, including its two manufacturing facilities in Costa Rica.
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Hemoalgae looking to disrupt the health care space with new coagulation solution

Nov. 15, 2019
By Sergio Held
Hemoalgae, from Cartago, Costa Rica, is moving forward with the extraction and development of molecules of hirudin, a peptide with anticoagulant properties, which impacts the biotech and med-tech sectors. Their uniqueness? Sourcing the anticoagulant hirudin from algae.
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In Latin America, Costa Rica is now a med-tech powerhouse

Nov. 11, 2019
By Sergio Held
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica – The tiny Latin American country that has become the region's second largest med-tech exporter behind Mexico is betting on disruptive technologies and trends to stay at the technological forefront. Costa Rica's med-tech exports have become one of the nation's most important sources of income and employment, and the country is focused on expanding the sector.
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Dominican Republic expands its med-tech manufacturing exports

Oct. 23, 2019
By Sergio Held
BOGOTA, Colombia – During the past few years, the Dominican Republic has become one of the leading medical device suppliers to the U.S. It has positioned itself as the Latin American country with the highest export value of medical and surgical instruments worldwide. This year, it aims to expand its med-tech exports at a 7% rate.
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