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LATIN AMERICA
Aspen Labs current operations in Latin America ( Spanish-speaking )

Key People

The pharmaceutical market in Latin America has a combined value of US $ 26 million as indicated by IMS Health .
Its current distribution includes the commercialization of products through subsidiaries in Argentina , Mexico and Venezuela , reaching neighboring countries such as Chile , Colombia , Ecuador , among others . The private sector accounts for more than 80 percent of Aspen ’ s regional sales .
Eduardo Sosa General Manager of Aspen Labs Mexico
Graduated doctor from Anahuac University of Mexico ( Universidad Anahuac de Mexico ) in 1994 , with a degree in Pharmaceutical Administration from ITESM ( 2003 to 2004 ) and a Masters in Business Administration for experienced executives from IPADE ( 2008-2010 ). Sosa has more than 10 years of corporate experience in the pharmaceutical industry . He began as Product Manager for Schering-Plough Mexico in June 2004 , and then joined the multinational Pfizer , where he held various management positions until March 2011 . By August 2011 , Sosa was working as regional manager of a business unit for Covidien , and in January 2013 he joined BD Medical Devices as Director of business for Latin America . He took the administrative leadership of Aspen Labs Mexico in October 2014 , successfully governing as General Manager of all operations in the country .
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