LATAM OTC Results Round-Up: Mexico's Genomma Lab, Brazil's Hypera

Genomma enjoys broad-based growth in 2018, while NPD investments pay off for Hypera.

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Mexico’s Genomma Lab Internacional SAB de CVreported OTC sales up by 14.2% to MXN6.07bn ($314m) in 2018, as turnover improved at a double-digit rate in all three of its reporting regions.

The 14.2% growth rate had been thanks to “key trade initiatives implemented across the regions during 2018 to enhance point...

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