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Mexican Government to Meet Only 30 Percent of Drug Needs

By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF The Mexican government’s supply plan for medicines and other medical supplies for 2021 only covered what the system required for four months, warned the National Pharmaceutical Institute (Inefam) on Thursday, Nov. 11. Each month, Mexico’s public health sector needs between 140 and 150 million items of drugs and supplies, representing about 1.8 billion items

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38,000 Units of Cancer Meds Stolen

By JORGE ANTONIO ROCHA Mexico’s National Commission for Health and Sanitation (Cofepris) confirmed over the weekend that thousands of oncological medication units were stolen from the government’s Novag pharmaceutical warehouse. According to Cofepris, the robbery took place in the early hours of Sunday, Oct. 4, by a group of 10 to 15 people. The total number of stolen medications came

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Gasoline Shortages Worry Mexicans as Holiday Vacations Come to a Close

By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF     While Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) won widespread support in December when he promised to keep the price of gasoline on par with inflation, many Mexicans are now discovering that affordable gas prices do them little good if there is no gas to be bought. During the last week of December and

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