Life sciences industry, which comprises companies and organizations in the biotech, pharma, medical technology, cosmeceuticals, nutraceuticals, and food processing sector. They are concerned with research and development and manufacturing of products to improve human lives.
There are many pharmaceutical companies in Vietnam, a country in Southeast Asia. Vietnam has one of the fastest growing pharma sector in the region owing to large population, longer life expectancy, economic growth, but an aging population. The country is one of the emerging pharma market alongside Thailand, Malaysia, Cambodia, Laos, and Singapore. There are … Read more
There are many pharmaceutical companies in the Philippines, with the pharma sector made of a mix of multinational corporations (MNCs) and local manufacturers and distributors. The multinational corporations (MNCs) such as Pfizer, Glaxosmithkline, Astellas Pharma, Boehringer Ingelheim, and AstraZeneca, market and distribute raw materials and finished drug products. The Philippines relies heavily on imported pharmaceutical … Read more
There is a presence of many pharmaceutical companies in Indonesia, the largest pharmaceutical market in the Southeast Asia ahead of Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, others. The pharma sector in Indonesia accounts for the 27% of the whole ASEAN pharmaceutical industry. The pharmaceutical market size was valued at $8.6 billion in 2021 As of 2021, information from … Read more
The pharmaceutical market in Thailand is valued at $6.4 billion in 2021, making it the second largest in Southeast Asia, behind Indonesia, and ahead of Vietnam, Philippines, Malaysia. Most of the pharmaceutical companies in Thailand produce or distribute generics, biologics, biosimilars, and over-the-counter (OTC). Pfizer, Sanofi, Novartis, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), Takeda, Merck, Astrazeneca, and F. Hoffmann-La … Read more
According to the Drug Control Authority (DCA) of the Ministry of Health, there are 263 licensed manufacturing pharmaceutical companies in Malaysia in 2019. The biggest local pharmaceutical companies in Malaysia are Pharmaniaga Manufacturing Berhad, Hovid Berhad, Duopharma Biotech Berhad and Kotra Pharma (M)Sdn Bhd. Currently, there are as many as 445 pharmaceutical companies in Malaysia, … Read more
There is presence of pharmaceutical companies in El Salvador, the smallest and densely populated country in the Caribbean. The country is the first country in the Central American region to receive good manufacturing practices certification from the WHO. Pharmaceutical companies in El Salvador exported pharmaceuticals worth 208.5 million USD in 2021, mostly to neighboring countries … Read more
There are mostly distribution and importing pharmaceutical companies in Honduras, the second largest country in Central America. It is the 4th largest pharmaceutical market in Central America. The country depends mostly on imported drugs from the US, Mexico and Guatemala. The import value was around 684.31 million U.S. dollars in 2021. Pharmaceutical Companies in Honduras … Read more
There are more of importing and distribution pharmaceutical companies in Jamaica, a small country in the Caribbean. A few of the manufacturing pharmaceutical companies in Jamaica include Mac’s Pharmaceuticals, P.A. Benjamin, Supreme Chemicals Ltd. Pharmaceutical exports from Jamaica in 2020 were worth 5.29 million U.S. dollars. Jamaica imports pharmaceuticals from the US, Germany, India, Canada. … Read more
There are mostly importing and distribution pharmaceutical companies in Panama. Panama depends on mostly imported drugs which is about 90% of all medicines in the country. All pharmaceutical products must be regsitered with the Ministerio de Salud de la República de Panamá “MINSA” (Ministry of Health), the Food and Drug Administration federal agency of Panama. … Read more
There are few pharmaceutical companies in Guatemala that actively manufactures pharmaceutical products. However, there are many importers and distributors of pharmaceutical products. Guatemala is the most populous and largest economy in Central America. It is also the largest pharma market in Central America. In 2021, Guatemala imported pharmaceuticals worth 919.95 million U.S. dollars, while the … Read more