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Healthcare and pharma
The Pharma & Healthcare industry is of vital importance for human and economic development, providing a wide range of goods and services relevant to the promotion of health at all stages in the healthcare process – from prevention and treatment to rehabilitation and palliative care. It is one of the fastest-growing industries, supported by profound demographic changes, the rising incidence of non-communicable diseases, and surging per capita health spending in both developed and emerging markets. The industry is also one of the major innovators, with increasing expenditures on development of new molecules, biotechnology and adoption of new technologies that provide advanced healthcare and ensure the longevity of the population.
The Pharma & Healthcare industry comprises the manufacture of pharmaceuticals for human and veterinary use, medical equipment and related supplies. It also includes providers of ambulatory health services, medical and diagnostic laboratories, hospitals, and nursing and residential care facilities.
Latin America is a key pharmaceutical and healthcare market. The region's growing economies, coupled with an ageing population and increased life expectancy across the board, translate to an ever-growing demand for medicine and health-related ...
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Colombia was the fourth largest pharmaceutical market in Latin America in 2024 in terms of sales value, with a 7.6% share of the Latin American market. The country has a large and growing population and a near-universal social security health ...
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In 2024-2025, Brazil witnessed significant investments in its pharmaceutical and healthcare sector. Specifically, the Brazilian National Development Bank (BNDES) allocated record-high loans to domestic pharmaceutical manufacturing firms Ache and ...
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Brazil is the largest pharmaceutical market in Latin America, with retail drug sales of USD 27.1bn for the 12 months ending in June 2022. Brazil's pharmaceutical and healthcare sectors are transitioning into the post-pandemic period with some ...
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Brazil's pharmaceutical and healthcare sector is navigating the post-pandemic period with some positives but also quite a few challenges. Among the positives is a sharp rise in public health spending observed in 2021-2023 compared to the pre-pandemic ...
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Colombia was the fourth largest pharmaceutical market in Latin America in terms of sales value as of June 2022, and has a large and growing population. The country has a near-universal social security health insurance system, which suffers from ...
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Colombia was the fifth largest pharmaceutical market in Latin America in terms of sales value in 2021, due to its large and growing population. The country has a near-universal social security health insurance system, which has experienced chronic ...
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Brazil is the largest pharmaceutical market in Latin America, with retail drug sales of USD 33.1bn in 2022. Brazil's pharmaceutical and healthcare sector faced several challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic, including shortages of drugs and active ...
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Brazil's pharmaceutical and healthcare sector encountered problems during the COVID-19 pandemic, including shortages of drugs and active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), rapid price increases for pharmaceutical products and strained finances in the ...
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