Health
From The Report: Colombia 2017
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The Ministry of Health and Social Protection is responsible for overseeing the Colombian health care system, dictating policy and promoting health care in the country. MinSalud has become one of the most progressive ministries in the government, and its policies on topics such as price control and biosimilars are pioneering for the region. The Statutory Health Law promises an expansion of services that opens up high-level treatment to 48m Colombians, and therefore opportunities to health care and pharmaceutical companies. This chapter contains an interview with Emilio Sardi Aparicio, Executive Vice-President, Tecnoquímicas.

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Overview

Positive results: New legislation and public health bodies have significantly expanded medical coverage
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On February 17, 2017, two years after being signed into law, the Statutory Health Law (Ley Estatutaria de Salud, LES) entered into force. The most significant change to Colombian health care in nearly 25 years, the LES makes health care a fundamental right of citizens, and this legal change has wide ramifications for the provision of services. While the regulation surrounding the LES is still in effect, a new health system is beginning to take shape, with opportunities and challenges to health…

Interview

Sustainable care: Emilio Sardi Aparicio, Executive Vice-President, Tecnoquímicas, on expanding access and affordability in the health care sector
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Interview:Emilio Sardi Aparicio How does the Statutory Health Law impact investment in the sector? EMILO SARDI APARICIO: A direct effect of the implementation of the law is that investment should increase, since it mandates a wider provision of health services and technologies. However, investment growth will depend on having an adequate legal framework that promotes competition and innovation, and allows for the strengthening of local research, training, manufacturing and technological capacities. Since…