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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 [...]

The orthopedic soft tissue repair market is anticipated to be over USD 9.39 billion by 2024. The key factors for the growth are increasing awareness among the population, rising awareness [...]

The World Health Organization (WHO) has revealed that rheumatoid arthritis affects over 6 million people in the Latin American region. People are not much aware of the disease and know very less [...]

The International Medical Device Regulators Forum (IMDRF) had recently forwarded three guidance documents with the purpose of providing integrated approach to the terminology and codes used in [...]

The Federal Commission for the Protection against Sanitary Risk (COFEPRIS), in coordination with the Pan American Health Organization and the World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), will [...]

The consolidated cluster of medical devices and the increasing research and development activities in Costa Rica are taking the country to a much better position in the life science industry in [...]

There are nearly 3 times as many hospitals in emerging markets as there are in developed economies – Mexico and Brazil are amongst the most important global healthcare markets. Yet Latin America [...]