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Local and multinational firms of all sizes and types generate thousands of jobs and pump millions of dollars into the island’s annual GDP.

Gov. García-Padilla offers details of Coviden's expansion in Ponce. (Credit: La Fortaleza/Jorge Santiago-Rivera)
Covidien, Coopervision to create 550 new jobs
May 16, 2013, No Comments

Medical device manufacturers Covidien in Ponce and CooperVision in Juana Díaz confirmed Wednesday separate expansions t ...

PRMA President Waleska Rivera
PRMA ‘seeking solutions’ at its annual convention
May 8, 2013, No Comments

The Puerto Rico Manufacturers Association is preparing to mark its 85th anniversary during this year’s annual conventi ...

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FDA fires off warning letter to Integra LifeSciences Añasco
February 20, 2013, No Comments

Medical device manufacturer Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp. was on the receiving end of a warning letter from the U. ...

Efrén Ocampo-López, CEO of Neolpharma Group
Neolpharma starts operations in Caguas
February 13, 2013, No Comments

Less than four months after confirming plans to pick up the assets of the former Pfizer manufacturing plant in Caguas, N ...

“Pay-for-delay” transactions reportedly cost consumers more than $ 3 billion each year in higher drug costs.
Justice Dept. joins FTC’s ‘pay-for-delay’ antitrust complaint
January 28, 2013, No Comments

The Puerto Rico Justice Department has joined 19 other U.S. jurisdictions in an antitrust case filed by the Federal Trad ...

Jaime García
PRMA names new executive director
January 18, 2013, No Comments

Following a seven-month evaluation process, the Puerto Rico Manufacturers Association has named Economist and Attorney J ...

The biopharmaceutical industry averages about 26.5 percent of Puerto Rico's GDP and 57.4 percent in terms of output from the manufacturing sector, which contributes 46.4 percent of GDP, the Estudios Técnicos report said.
Biopharma sector proposes solutions to its challenges
November 16, 2012, 3 Comments

The biopharmaceutical industry is a major driver of Puerto Rico’s social and economic development, not just for the 86 ...

Eli Lilly's plant in Guayama.
Lilly denies Guayama plant closing, launches retirement window
November 14, 2012, No Comments

Shooting down reports circulated Tuesday saying it planned to close its Guayama operation, pharmaceutical company Lilly ...

(From left:) Economic Development and Commerce Secretary José Pérez-Riera, Chief of Staff Miguel Romero, Carlos Rivera-Vélez, vice president of manufacturing of Edwards Lifesciences in Añasco and Puerto Rico Manufacturers Association Executive Director William Riefkohl take questions from the media during a news conference Tuesday.
Edwards Lifesciences marks 40 years in Puerto Rico with $34M expansion
October 31, 2012, No Comments

Medical device manufacturer Edwards Lifesciences will be investing $34 million to expand its Añasco facility, creating ...

PeterPaul’s 23,500 square-foot facility in Fajardo offers customers coil winding, assembly operations, metal stamping and wide array of plastics molding solutions.
$1M in gov’t incentives help retain PeterPaul Electric
October 23, 2012, No Comments

In 2011, Peter Paul Electric Inc. in Fajardo got a generous offer from the state of Connecticut to consolidate its Puert ...