All posts tagged pharmaceutical

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 ...

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 ...

PIA President Frank Gutiérrez
PIA sounds off on access to innovative treatments, meds
September 12, 2012, No Comments

The Puerto Rico Pharmaceutical Industry Association is lobbying for giving island patients broader access to innovative ...

Interphex Puerto Rico 2012 will bring together more than 200 exhibitors and 5,400 industry professionals.
Interphex Puerto Rico ’12 to deliver education, opportunities
September 4, 2012, No Comments

International events organizer Reed Exhibitions will be producing the 6th edition of its Interphex Puerto Rico conventio ...

Merck employs 400 people in Las Piedras.
Merck investing $80M in Las Piedras plant expansion
July 23, 2012, No Comments

Merck Puerto Rico announced it will invest some $80 million over the next year to expand production capabilities at its ...

McNeil said it will focus on manufacturing a more consistent and reliable supply of select Tylenol products at the Las Piedras plant. (Credit: Wikipedia)
McNeil laying off 225 at troubled Las Piedras plant
July 18, 2012, No Comments

More than two years after running into some serious production troubles at its Las Piedras plant, McNeil Consumer Health ...

Bristol Myers Humacao
Bristol-Myers Squibb announces $165M Humacao expansion
July 10, 2012, No Comments

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company announced a $165 million expansion of its facility in Humacao to add manufacturing capacity ...

Upon arriving at the Yauco operation, Gov. Fortuño (right) is greeted by Sartorius Stedim Biotech executives. (Credit: La Fortaleza)
Sartorius Stedim Biotech inaugurates $20M Yauco wing
June 27, 2012, No Comments

German pharmaceutical Sartorius Stedim Biotech inaugurated Tuesday its new $20 million expansion at its Yauco plant, com ...

The Interphex exhibitors area draws hundreds of local medical device and pharmaceutical industry players.
Interphex looks to drive island’s knowledge economy
October 17, 2011, No Comments

Interphex Puerto Rico, the annual event that gathers key components of the island’s knowledge-based economy, will agai ...