The seminar will focus on the Brazilian pharmaceutical market and will take place a month before the event, between 15 and 31 August.

During the seminar, the following aspects will be covered:

How to export medicines to Brazil:

--> Market potential.

--> Chain market structure.

--> Brazilian importing channels.

--> Sanitary requirements to register pharmaceutical products: costs, time and procedures.

--> The Brazilian Procurement Market: institutions making bulk purchase of medicines and mechanisms to supply this market.

--> Challenges and recommendations to enter the Brazilian market: practical tips for SME´s from other Latin American countries.

How to import raw materials for the pharmaceutical industry:

- Supply potential, availability of raw materials and its applications.

- Comparative advantages of the Brazilian pharmo-chemical industry.

- Prices.

Information on the modalities for participation at the seminar Participation in the seminar.


The International Trade Centre will prepare an appointment schedule for each enterprise, established in accordance with interests indicated in the enterprise’s profile form. This profile form has been carefully elaborated to capture the objectives of the enterprises.

During the buyers/sellers meeting, each enterprise will receive together with the appointment schedule, a company profile book compiling all the profile forms of all companies participating in LatinPharma2006.

In order to better prepare yourself to meeting exporting companies and obtain trade transactions, in a limited timeframe, and to comply with the requisites of importing companies, a technical paper recapitulating the information and necessary material is at the disposal of participating companies. Please take a look at this paper .

Experts that undertook the conferences will also be at the disposal of companies for any queries they might have.

Document in Word format for the inscription of the Seminary and the participation in LatinPharma2006

The participation in the conferences and the encounter buying and
selling organized within the framework of LatinPharma2006 is totally gratuitous.

The companies will have to assume solely their expenses of
displacement and lodging in Cartagena de Indias.

The modalities of participation in the electronic seminary of formation on the Brazilian market will be spread in our Web site.