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Mexico to Reprocure Undelivered Medicines as Sheinbaum Flags Contract Breaches

The government is turning to alternative providers at the same prices to keep nationwide drug deliveries on schedule.

Overview

  • Claudia Sheinbaum said some companies that won contracts in the March–July tender round have failed to deliver medicines.
  • The Anticorruption and Good Governance Secretariat is facilitating purchases from other suppliers at the original contract prices.
  • Rutas de la Salud distribution continues nationwide, with a second round reaching clinics and moving on to hospitals.
  • Oncology drugs are being shipped directly from the megapharmacy to 56 IMSS‑Bienestar centers, with very specialized items under special review.
  • Monthly first‑level medicine kits defined by Health Secretary David Kershenobich and medical committees are being sent to keep facilities stocked.