Aetna International, a health insurance providers along with World Health Organization’s (WHO) data have concluded that obesity has reached pandemic levels.
Health surveillance of medical devices by the Federal Commission for the Protection against Sanitary Risk (COFEPRIS) began in 2013 and since then 9 million medical device units have been seized.
A study conducted by the Institute for the Study of Supplementary Health (IESS) estimates that approximately BRL22.5 billion of healthcare expenses in the country are unnecessary and can be [...]
Despite stagnant numbers, there are still a number of profitable product classes in response to the region’s aging population and the rise of non-communicable diseases (NCDs).
Scientists from Argentina and Cuba have developed “Vaxira”, a vaccine against lung cancer which will be commercially available by Elea laboratories from July.
Brazil has around 55,000 amputations annually due to Diabetes which is 70% of the amputations performed. According to World Health Organization (WHO), diabetes is also responsible for 85% of the [...]
Brazil’s National health surveillance agency, ANVISA has banned the sale of Essure, a birth control device by Bayer after reviewing medical reports and studies.
Americas including Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, United States, and Venezuela signed an agreement on health ethics in the 2017 Conference on compliance in [...]
Approximately one-fifth of expenditure on health goes for a waste and makes no or minimal role to good health outcomes. Therefore, governments could spend lesser on healthcare and still provide [...]
The global smart medical devices market was estimated at USD33.7 billion in 2015 and is anticipated to grow at 7.8% to reach USD66.1 billion by 2024. Amongst the smart devices, diagnostic and [...]
