Medtech Insight

New Anti-Corruption Focus In Mexico May Include Medtech Scrutiny

16 Jan 2019

Recently inaugurated Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador campaigned on a promise to tackle the country’s corruption issues. Medtech Insight spoke to attorney Nicholas Berg, of Ropes & Gray, about what this may mean for device manufacturers doing business in Mexico.

New Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador during an Indigenous ceremony as part of ceremony of the takeover as the new President of Mexico on December 01, 2018 in Mexico City - Image — New Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador during an Indigenous ceremony as part of his inauguration on Dec. 1, 2018, in Mexico City. • Source: Shutterstock

New Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador was swept into office last year on an anticorruption platform. Some observers expect his efforts to include reforms and increased regulation touching the medical device sector.

López Obrador, who was sworn into office Dec. 1, is a member of the National Regeneration Movement (MORENA) party. The...