Pharmaceutical Industry Blog

Last Updated: July 9, 2026 TL;DR: Mexico — the second-largest pharmaceutical market in Latin America and, with more than 131 million people, one of the largest in the world — depends on a reliable, compliant supply of sterile injectables for its hospitals, its huge public health institutions and its consolidated national tenders, and it imports a significant share of its finished injectables and most of its active ingredients. Every imported sterile injectable must hold a mar

Last Updated: July 9, 2026 TL;DR: Bangladesh — the world's eighth-most-populous country, home to more than 175 million people and one of the most successful pharmaceutical industries in the developing world — meets the overwhelming majority of its own medicine demand from local production and exports finished drugs to well over 100 countries, yet it still imports the great majority of its active pharmaceutical ingredients and the specialised, patented and biologic sterile inj

Last Updated: July 7, 2026 TL;DR: Pakistan — the world's fifth-most-populous country, with more than 240 million people served through public health departments, the Sehat Sahulat programme and a large private sector — needs a dependable, compliant supply of sterile injectables for its hospitals, tender programmes and immunisation and disease-control drives. A significant share of finished injectables and most active ingredients are imported, and every imported product must b

Last Updated: July 7, 2026 TL;DR: Indonesia — the world's fourth-most-populous nation, an archipelago of more than 270 million people served by the JKN universal health-coverage scheme through BPJS Kesehatan — depends on a reliable, compliant supply of sterile injectables for its hospitals, clinics and government tenders, and it imports a large share of its finished injectables and most of its active ingredients. Every imported sterile injectable must be registered with BPOM

Last Updated: July 6, 2026 TL;DR: Acetaminophen and Ibuprofen Injection - a sterile, ready-to-use aqueous solution that combines two well-established analgesics in one container: acetaminophen (paracetamol), a centrally acting analgesic and antipyretic, and ibuprofen, a propionic-acid non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) that blocks cyclo-oxygenase, supplied commonly as 1000 mg of acetaminophen with 300 mg of ibuprofen in a 100 mL intravenous infusion for the short-te

Last Updated: July 6, 2026 TL;DR: Gadoterate Meglumine Injection - a sterile aqueous solution of gadoteric acid formulated as its meglumine (N-methylglucamine) salt, a macrocyclic and ionic gadolinium-based contrast agent (GBCA) in which the paramagnetic gadolinium(III) ion is locked inside the cage-like DOTA macrocyclic ligand, supplied at 0.5 mmol/mL (about 279.3 mg/mL) in glass vials and pre-filled syringes for intravenous injection - is the MRI contrast medium radiologist