9. The Pharmaceutical Industry - PMMI
9. The Pharmaceutical Industry - PMMI
9. The Pharmaceutical Industry - PMMI
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A) Company Description<br />
Russek–Loeffler, S.A. de C.V.<br />
<strong>Industry</strong>: <strong>Pharmaceutical</strong><br />
Sub <strong>Industry</strong>: Generic medicines<br />
Location: Mexico City<br />
Size (sales): US $24 million<br />
Purchasing Potential: US $ 300,000 to 800,000 for 2008<br />
Specific Business<br />
Opportunities:<br />
Liquid filling line, case filling machines.<br />
Russek–Loeffler is a private Mexican company resulting from the merger of a series of<br />
laboratories in 199<strong>9.</strong> <strong>The</strong>se include Loeffer, Agroquímico S.A de C.V, and Carter Wallace. ,<br />
Operations of the group date back to 1978 with the purchase of the Mexican Biochemistry<br />
Institute (Instituto Bioquimico de México), which belonged to Rohm and Hass. <strong>The</strong> company<br />
produces pharmaceutical products for human and veterinarian use.<br />
<strong>The</strong> company currently supplies 63 products to both markets. Demand is growing at rates of<br />
100% per year and is remaining steady at those growth levels. This can be seen by the<br />
production of generics sold under itsr own brands and through private labels for third parties.<br />
B) Main Products Produced and How <strong>The</strong>y Are Packed<br />
Russek-Loeffler produces a wide variety of pharmaceuticals. Most products are packed in<br />
blister or glass bottles. <strong>The</strong> most representative products include:<br />
Product Brand Package<br />
Capsules Itraconazol Blister<br />
Ovules Nitrofural Blister<br />
Tablets Pravastatina Blister<br />
Suppositories Glicerina Blister<br />
Injections Piremol Vial<br />
Capsules Dolcoplaz Blister<br />
Gel Benzoilo Glass Container<br />
Capsules, tablets and liquid Flamozil Bottle and Blister<br />
Liquids Metronidazol Bottle<br />
C) Installed Packaging Machinery<br />
Close to 80% of the machinery used at these labs is of European origin. Of that machinery,<br />
nearly half was purchased used from other laboratories to minimize the price. <strong>The</strong> company has<br />
an in-house shop and staff to repair and modify used equipment, which it believes provides the<br />
best return on its investment.<br />
Some of the machines it has purchased and adapted into its line include the following:<br />
Current Machinery Used Brand Units Origin Average<br />
Age<br />
Liquid filling machine Marzochi 1 Italy 3<br />
Ampoule filling machine Cozzolli 1 Italy 20<br />
Case filling machine Tiele 1 USA 10<br />
Case filling machine Jones 1 USA 13<br />
Carton machine CAM 1 Italy 3<br />
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