Attracting Foreign Direct Investment in Mexico’s Medical Device Sector

Presented in English and as Simulcast

• Economic environment of the state of Guanajuato and Mexico and the future of Mexico’s free trade agreements
• IP and trademark protection – Why Mexico stands out
• Educational infrastructure in Mexico that supports medical device development and production (hint: You don’t get this in China)
• Why Mexico’s demographics are favorable for medical device-producing companies
• The Routes to Mexico: The various options for overseas-headquartered medical device companies to get to Mexico
• Mexico’s institutional buyers: Federal government, hospital groups, clinical environments (delivery of care is different here)
• What you need to know about FDA compliance and integration into Mexico

Roundtable Panelists & Moderator

Moderator:

• Travis Bembenek | Chief Executive Officer, Mexico News Daily

Panelists:

• Doug Donahue | Founding Member of Guanajuato’s Life Innovation & Technologies Cluster and Entrada Group Co-Managing Partner and Principal
• Ricardo Hernandez | Founding Member of Guanajuato’s Life Innovation & Technologies Cluster and Lumitex Plant Manager, Mexico
• Alejandro Hernandez | Subsecretary for FDI, State of Guanajuato