Tag: Health Sector
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Oncoclínicas has decided to go to the market with an initial public offering (IPO). The company's base offer should reach R$3.5 billion (US$666 million), lower than the company's initial intention when it planned to...
By Sarah Brown, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Roche, a large global pharmaceutical company, paid a high premium in the full takeover of American, InterMune. This is the latest move for Roche in an attempt to generate a...
By Esmee Verbeek, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Four companies in Brazil’s health sector are caught defrauding the UFRJ Pediatrics Hospital for public funds. A report last night by O Globo's "Fantástico" program showed that the companies were...
Opinion, by Samantha Barthelemy
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – São Paulo’s Commercial Association (Associação Comercial Paulista) announced that the sum of taxes paid by Brazilians since the beginning of 2011 reached one trillion reais 35 days earlier than last year....
