20-Oct-15 AstraZeneca announced a new state-of-the-art manufacturing and packaging facility in Kaluga, Russia, dedicated to the local supply of innovative medicines. In 2011 AstraZeneca was one of the first multinational pharmaceutical companies to announce plans to invest in the construction of a dedicated manufacturing facility in Russia. Four years on, the Company has invested USD224m. [image: AstraZeneca]

10-Oct-15 Myanmar is trying to kick its foreign drug habit: In recent years the government has offered incentives to seven private distributors to try their hand at manufacturing domestically. All other pharmaceutical products – between 80 percent and 90 percent – are imported. [image: Ann Wang / Frontier Myanmar]

01-Oct-15 Mexico is the best medical device manufacturing hub among Mexico, Costa Rica and China, according to CPI. Tijuana-Baja California region of Mexico is a special resource of labor, proximity and cost savings for a medical device manufacturer. Mexico stands second among Latin American medical device manufacturers and fifth among global manufacturers. [image: Global Health Intelligence]

05-Oct-15 India plans to set up two medical devices parks to facilitate the sector's growth, which is currently at a nascent stage. The government has identified 400 acres near Chennai and 100 acres at Hyderabad for the parks. The domestic market is worth $6.8 bn, but only one-third is locally manufactured. India also exports $1 billion of medical devices. [image: Business Standard]

25-Sep-15 GN ReSound, a leader in hearing technologies, has inaugurated a manufacturing and distribution facility in Johor, Malaysia. “The search... included a number of factors, including a favourable economic and political climate, a modern infrastructure that provides easy access to global markets, a well-educated and high performing workforce," the company said. [image: ScandAsia]