Tagged with Americas

LatAm Dr Jarbas Barbosa, Director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), discusses the organisation’s evolution from pandemic response to comprehensive health system transformation, regional production capabilities, and the imperative for multilateral cooperation in an increasingly fragmented global landscape.   The Americas, in their extraordinary diversity, are a living laboratory Could…

Americas In a world where medical innovation is accelerating, Latin America–a region of some 662 million people—is falling dangerously behind. Patients face wait times of up to 5.6 years to access life-saving therapies already available elsewhere. This is not merely a delay, but a systemic failure rooted in chronic underinvestment and…

Mexico Pharmaceutical innovators are sounding the alarm on Mexico’s healthcare reforms, despite the government’s bold claims. At industry group AMIIF’s 75th anniversary, Health Secretary David Kershenobich hailed the Sheinbaum administration’s investments and regulatory shake‑up as game-changing. But pharma leaders argue that real-world access remains elusive, with one industry veteran warning it…

Puerto Rico Across over 50 interviews with Puerto Rican government and industry stakeholders, energy supply was continuously identified as the main barrier to growth. Puerto Rico’s ageing, centralised, and fossil fuel–dependent power system remains vulnerable to disruption from hurricanes and other natural events. However, new investments in renewables, battery storage, and decentralised…

Puerto Rico Puerto Rico’s healthcare system is a paradox of strength and fragility. With one of the highest insurance coverage rates in the US (around 94 percent) and a long tradition of medical excellence, it has also faced persistent funding gaps and a growing exodus of talent. Now, new federal policy shifts…

Mexico In her latest strategy to tackle Mexico’s persistent medicine shortages – a struggle inherited from predecessor López Obrador – President Claudia Sheinbaum has issued a decree that seeks to attract foreign biopharma investment. By promising international companies a better chance at winning government tenders, Sheinbaum hopes to increase domestic manufacturing,…

Puerto Rico Already a solid hub for biopharma manufacturing and logistics, Puerto Rico is moving to sharpen its position in the evolving US reshoring landscape and attract new investment. Under the banner “Made in Puerto Rico is Made in the USA,” Governor Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon is promoting the island’s unique value as both…

USA Having terminated dozens of HIV-related research grants, the Trump administration’s assault on the field continues. In a major blow to the decades-long search for a vaccine, the US federal government has pulled the plug on the HIV vaccine programme run by the US National Institute of Health (NIH) –the world’s…

Puerto Rico Sebastián Negrón Reichard, Secretary of the Department of Economic Development and Commerce, sees Puerto Rico’s current economic landscape as one of immense opportunity, particularly with the US government’s focus on reshoring. With a skilled workforce, strategic location, and historical economic strengths, Puerto Rico is poised to contribute significantly to national…

Puerto Rico Umberto Donato, president of DDD Group, a construction firm specialising in complex sectors including pharma, reflects on the company’s growth over the past decade and the role of infrastructure and facility design in attracting investment to Puerto Rico. He also discusses evolving client expectations, sustainability, the factors shaping the construction…

Americas Diego Salas from the Latin American Federation of the Pharmaceutical Industry (FIFARMA) and Carlos Felipe Escobar Roa from the Instituto de Prospectiva e Innovacion en Salud (INNOS), writing in the May 2025 edition of DIA’s Global Forum magazine, discuss the findings of a pioneering report launched at the end of…

Brazil After a globe-trotting career that led him to diverse global affiliates, the long-term Takeda executive Rodrigo Rodriguez is going full circle. Returning to where he began his career at the Japanese drugmaker, Rodriguez will be taking on a country full of opportunities and challenges. With more dengue cases than anywhere…