For now, he acknowledged, there is nervousness, but it is necessary to wait and not speculate about it, he explained when participating in the MEDICAL EXPANSION FORCES DEVITES DAY.
“Yes there is a lot of concern, I will not deny it, because we generate more than 160,000 jobs in Mexico. It is a great responsibility, ”he said.
However, Escobar said that they first bet to know the details of the possible tax measures and that they enlist an action plan, since the AMID is the sixth producer of medical devices worldwide.
“We have spent many crises in the past, we were able to handle the pandemic. I think we are ready for Trump 2.0. We are not taking it very lightly, but we believe there may be solutions, ”he said.
Other challenges and obstacles that AMID considers to attend are the streamlining of government procedures, which usually delay the approval in Mexico of innovative medical devices and technology.
Currently, he estimated, a new medical product takes between 18 months and up to two years to be approved by Mexican health authorities. And that period is only for the regulatory process.
“It is very complex in the issue of innovation, there we still have the conversations with the government stuck,” he said.
“Yes, you bring something innovative (…) requires a very long approval process,” he said.
During the Medical devices table: health collaborationHe said that in this regulatory issue they seek to focus the conversation with the current government, because the new technology, he said, does not represent an additional cost for the health system or the patient.
However, it is essential that the Mexican population, especially those who suffer from diseases, have access to health supplies of the highest quality and technology.
