Full List of Pharmaceutical Companies in Brazil (2023)
by Pharmchoices
There are many pharmaceutical companies in Brazil, the largest pharmaceutical market and industry in Latin America, ahead of Mexico, Columbia, and Argentina. The pharma industry traded USD 14.92 billion worth of pharmaceuticals in 2021. This represents 2% of the global pharma market, and ranks Brazil 8th globally. The same year, exports of pharmaceuticals stood at USD 1.10 billion.
There has been growth in the R&D sector as the Ministry of Health through Conep (National Commission of Ethics in Research) and Anvisa (National Health Surveillance Agency) speeds up clinical trials to improve local investments.
In 2021, there were 349 pharmaceutical companies in Brazil, according to data by IQVIA. International pharmaceutical companies in Brazil were 118, while the remaining 231 are domestic pharma companies.
66% of the manufacturing pharmaceutical companies in Brazil are domestic firms. US has pharmaceutical manufacturing firms, Catalent, Patheon (Thermo Fisher Scientific), and Merieux NutriSciences. Japan has Ajinomoto, Denmark has Novo Nordisk. France and Italy own manufacturing sites too.
In 2022, Natura & Co has the largest revenue of all the pharmaceutical companies in Brazil, with revenue of over 40 billion Brazilian reals. Other top performing companies are Pfizer, Eurofarma, Cálamo Distribuidora, Hypera Pharma, and EMS. (Statistica)
Association of Pharmaceutical Companies in Brazil:
Interfarma, the Pharmaceutical industry Research Association, is a body of research-oriented and innovative pharmaceutical companies in Brazil, both international and domestic. Sindusfarma is an association of São Paulo State’s pharmaceutical industry and pharmaceutical companies in Brazil that account for 80% of medicines in the country.
The healthcare in Brazil is the government-run public system, Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS). It is the largest in terms of number of users.
Pharmaceutical Companies in Brazil (List)
Full list of pharmaceutical companies in Brazil with contact information.
Rua Do Matao Travessa R 400 Ipen Edificio Cietec Cidade Universitaria Sao Paulo, São Paulo 05508-090, BR
Tel: (11) 3039-8328 http://www.apq.com.br/
Althaia
Av. Engineer Heitor A. Eiras Garcia, 2756 jd. Maria Luiza | Sao Paulo-SP Telephone: +55 (11) 3732-2660
Atibaia, SP | Brazil Address: Av. Tégula, 888 Centro Empresarial Brazilian Business Park Rod. Dom Pedro I – km 88 | Atibaia – SP Telephone: +55 (11) 4417-7500 Pouso Alegre, MG | Brazil
