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Siemens, the German electrical-device manufacturer, plans to spin off its health solutions business, Siemens Healthineers, which accounts for around 20% of Siemens’ USD 85 billion in annual sales [...]

Puerto Rico has a highly concentrated hospital market. While the number of hospitals is limited (67), the average hospital has 129 beds, making it the territory with the largest average hospital [...]

American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery stated that, breast augmentation was the second most common surgical procedure performed with 305,856 surgeries in 2015. This has led to a growing [...]

The Latin American infusion pumps and accessories market is projected to reach USD 671.9 million by 2021, at a CAGR of 6.6% during the forecast period 2016-2021. Several key factors such as [...]

The capnography equipment market in Latin America was valued at USD 9.7 million in 2014 and is expected to grow at a CAGR of 17.5% from 2014 to 2021, to reach USD 30.2 million by 2021.

The Brazilian health regulatory agency Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária (ANVISA) has approved a diagnostic test DPP Zika IgM/IgG Assay for detection of the Zika virus infection. The test [...]

In all, 47 Brazilian medical device companies will participate in MEDICA 2016, to be held in Dusseldorf, Germany during November 14-17. These companies will showcase some innovative developments [...]

According to the International Diabetes Federation, in 2015, the prevalence of diabetes in Mexico was estimated to be 14.7%, which translated to 17.6 million people affected by the condition. [...]

Ministry of Health of Peru investigated several public hospitals in the country and found that most of the hospitals are facing shortage of medicines and basic medical equipments. Even syringes, [...]

Costa Rica is one of Central America’s most important hospital markets, with a total of 136 hospitals and an average of 25 beds per hospital. However, penetration of capital equipment remains [...]