Post-Marketing Pharmacovigilance: How a Safety Alert Travels from the Patient to the Laboratory

Explore how a pharmacovigilance alert moves in Guatemala, from a patient report through analysis, communication, and laboratory follow-up in practice.

Biopharmaceutical Medicines: Why Their Distribution Requires a More Specialized Operation

Learn why biopharmaceutical medicines need a specialized distribution with cold-chain control, traceability, quality oversight, and pharmacovigilance.

Foreign Trade Becomes a Strategic Priority for Guatemalan Businesses

For years, companies organized foreign trade around lean inventories, timely deliveries, and favorable market conditions to control costs. The just-in-time model helped businesses manage resources and respond to demand. However, global trade has changed, exposing the limits of tightly coordinated supply chains. Geopolitical tensions, conflicts, climate events and

What Happens to Returned, Damaged, or Expired Medicines? Understanding Pharmaceutical Reverse Logistics

How are returned, damaged, or expired medicines managed? Learn about quarantine, evaluation, traceability, recalls, and safe final disposal processes.

CMI Leaders Recognized for Their Regional Business Leadership 2026

Corporación Multi Inversiones (CMI), a family-owned multilatina with more than a century of business history, has four of its executives featured in Revista Summa’s July 2026 special edition, “Leaders Who Inspire in the Region.” The publication highlights business leaders whose work contributes to organizational transformation, talent development, and

UFM Business Day 2026 Brings Business Leaders Together to Discuss Innovation and Leadership

Universidad Francisco Marroquín (UFM), through its Faculty of Economic Sciences, held Business Day 2026 on August 6 at the Juan Bautista Gutiérrez Auditorium in Guatemala City. Under the theme “Empowering Minds, Transforming Futures,” the event brought together business leaders, executives, entrepreneurs, and professionals for a series of discussions on innovation,

Grupo LAFISE and COMCE Launch Roadshow to Strengthen Trade Between Mexico and Central America

Grupo LAFISE and the Mexican Business Council for Foreign Trade, Investment and Technology (COMCE) have launched the Central American Roadshow, an initiative to strengthen commercial ties between Mexico and Central America. The program began in Guatemala with an agenda focused on connecting companies, identifying business opportunities, and encouraging greater commercial

How Is Efficient Pharmaceutical Distribution Measured? The Metrics That Matter to Laboratories and Pharmacies

Key metrics for efficient pharmaceutical distribution: order accuracy, complete deliveries, on-time performance, availability, and key incident rates.

Guatemala’s Most Attractive Employers Recognized in EMAT 2026 Rankings

Guatemala’s leading companies have been recognized in the 2026 edition of the Empresas Más Atractivas para Trabajar (EMAT) ranking, an annual survey conducted by Tecoloco that identifies the organizations people consider most attractive as employers. The results highlight businesses across multiple industries, including banking, retail, manufacturing, food and beverage,

Disrupt Summit 2026 Brings International Tech Leaders and Startups to Guatemala

Guatemala City is hosting entrepreneurs, investors, executives, and technology leaders for Disrupt Summit 2026, a conference taking place November 4 and 5 at AVIA in Zone 10. The event brings together participants to discuss innovation, business development, and technology’s role in transforming companies. Organizers expect approximately 2,000 attendees,

Medication Replenishment: How Distributors Keep Pharmacies, Hospitals, and Clinics Supplied

Learn how a pharmaceutical distributor coordinates inventory, orders, and deliveries to restock pharmacies, hospitals and clinics without disruptions.

Mastercard Study Highlights Cybersecurity Challenges for Guatemalan SMEs

Cybersecurity is becoming an increasingly important factor in the digital growth of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Guatemala. While businesses continue to incorporate digital payments and online tools into their operations, concerns about fraud and cyberattacks are influencing their decisions to adopt new technologies and expand into additional