On February 25, Indecopi published a list of pharmaceutical patents now in the public domain with the aim of facilitating access to information by the sectoral + info

MEXICO On February 19, the General Health Council (CSG) updated the Basic Table and Catalogue of Medicines establishing inputs to be used by public institutions in + info

El 25 de febrero, el Indecopi a través de la Dirección de Invenciones y Nuevas Tecnologías (DIN) publicó el listado de patentes farmacéuticas que entraron en + info

ARGENTINA On February 21, the Ministry of Health issued Resolution 248/2020 to relaunch the Remediar program unifying the rational use of, and access to, essential drugs + info

On February 14, the National Directorate of Pharmacy and Drugs of the Ministry of Health (MINSA) launched a group to work on regulating the National Drug + info

 MÉXICO El 19 de febrero el Consejo de Salubridad General (CSG) actualizó el Cuadro Básico y Catálogo de Medicamentos que establece los insumos que las instituciones + info

COLOMBIA On February 17, the Colombian Ministry of Health published a draft decree regulating the interoperability of vital Electronic Health Record data across the country. This + info

El 14 de febrero la Dirección Nacional de Farmacia y Drogas del Ministerio de Salud (MINSA) instaló una mesa para trabajar sobre la reglamentación de la + info

ARGENTINA El 21 de febrero el Ministerio de Salud, a través de la Resolución 248/2020, relanzó el Programa Nacional Remediar, cuyo objetivo es universalizar el uso + info

COLOMBIA El 17 de febrero el Ministerio de Salud de Colombia publicó un proyecto de decreto que reglamenta la interoperabilidad de datos vitales de la Historia + info

On February 19, the Executive Branch presented the Chamber of Deputies with a bill  modifying the Knowledge Economy Law, which aims “to achieve a more progressive, + info

On February 19, the Congress set up a joint committee made up of 25 senators and 25 deputies to analyze the tax reform. The committee will + info

On February 19, Colombia’s National Tax and Customs Direction (DIAN, for its acronym in Spanish) launched a public consultation on a draft decree envisaging a form + info

On February 19, the Stock Market Superintendency (SMV, for its acronym in Spanish), issued Resolution No. 21-2020-SMV/02, on the general rules governing the Peruvian Stock Exchanges + info

ECUADOR On February 18, the National Assembly passed the report presented by the Economic Development Committee on the partial veto of the Executive of the Entrepreneurship + info

On February 18, the Ministry of Economy issued Resolution 71/2020 containing a series of instructions for signing contracts under the Law to Restore the Sustainability of + info

On February 18, the Senate Economic Affairs Committee approved a new amendment to the bill guaranteeing the autonomy of the Central Bank. The senators have expanded + info

On February 18, the Central Bank of Colombia (BanRep, for its acronym in Spanish) issued an external circular regulating the Deposit Account System (CUD, for its + info