LatinPharma
is an event organized by the International
Trade
Centre of the United Nations, in close
cooperation with Trade Promotion Organizations
from countries of the Central American Common
Market, the Andean Community, Mercosur, Chile,
Cuba and Mexico as well as with the Latin
American Pharmaceutical Industry Association
(ALIFAR).
The event aims at promoting intra-regional
trade of pharmaceutical and natural products,
creating strategic alliances, and facilitating
the economic integration between small- and
medium-sized enterprises in the region through
technical assistance activities specifically
designed and adapted to developing countries.
LatinPharma2006
is sponsored by Governments of Germany, Switzerland,
Norway, Sweden and the Netherlands through
contributions to the International Trade Centre,
as well as by Proexport, the Government Agency
for Export Promotion in Colombia.
LatinPharma2006
will take place in Cartagena de Indias, from
7 to 9 September 2006.
To reach its objective, LatinPharma2006
will include the following activities:
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A
virtual training seminar that will take
place a month before the event.
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A
one-day conference on themes of special
relevance to the pharmaceutical and natural
products’ sector.
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A
buyers/sellers meeting between Latin American
companies operating along the value chain. |
More information on the activities
of LatinPharma2006
can
be obtained through
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LatinPharma2005
took place in Santiago de Chile
with the participation of 120 companies from
13 Latin American countries (Argentina, Bolivia,
Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador,
Guatemala, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay
and Venezuela).
Business negotiations between companies have
been translated into trade transactions and
contacts for joint development for new products,
contract manufacturing, representation and distribution,
and were evaluated by the participants at US$
8 to 18 millions.
Conferences on intellectual properties, regional
mechanisms to facilitate trade, integrated management
of quality system and integration of companies
in the value chain of the sector, were held
for the participants together with the dissemination
of technical and commercial information. More
information on LatinPharma2005
can be obtained through
More information: LatinPharma
2005
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With the objective of applying the activities
from the South-South Trade Promotion Programme
to other developing countries and launching
new programmes for technical cooperation targeting
other regions from the South, ITC undertook
in 2001, 2002 and 2003 various trade flow analysis
in the three Latin American subregions and Chile.
The analyses revealed trade potential in various
economic sectors for intra-regional trade. The
pharmaceutical and natural products sectors
were particularly relevant for the region..
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The trade flow analysis undertook in 2001 centered
in countries from the Central American Common
Market enabled to launch in 2002 a pilot project
“LatinPharma2006”
that took place in Salvador. The positive outcomes
of the pilot combine with the benefits that
SMEs obtained through their the participation,
led ITC to conduct similar activities in Peru
in 2003 for countries of the Andean Community
and in 2004 in Brazil for countries of Mercosur
and Chile.
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The pilot project, as well as the events subsequently
organized, were implemented applying the methodology
of the South-South Trade Promotion Programme.
This consists of identifying potential trade
opportunities and setting-up a commercial platform
to convert them into business transactions.
These transactions allow measuring the impact
of the activities of the Programme on the intra-regional
trade development.
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Bolivia |
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| Brazil |
Cuba |
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| Chile |
Colombia |
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| Costa Rica |
Ecuador |
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| Guatemala |
Honduras |
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| Mexico |
Nicaragua |
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| Paraguay |
Peru |
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| Dominican
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Uruguay |
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| Venezuela |
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