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Mexico Unveils Birmex 2025–2030 Plan as Mega-Tender Opens to Centralize Drug Supply

A parallel tender now open through January 16 channels purchases to certified labs under a Birmex-run logistics model.

Overview

  • The Institutional Program published in the federal gazette sets a state strategy to rebuild vaccine and medicine production and fix chronic supply failures rooted in procurement and logistics weaknesses.
  • Birmex lays out annual targets to raise public-sector coverage to 90% in 2025, 92% in 2026, 95% in 2027, 97% in 2028 and 100% starting in 2029.
  • Planned actions include modernizing plants, expanding research and technology transfer, deploying integrated logistics and last‑mile delivery, and strengthening quality management aligned with COFEPRIS and WHO standards.
  • The company acknowledges past operational and distribution deficiencies and says achieving full, on‑time supply will require a deep institutional transformation.
  • Health official Eduardo Clark has launched a procurement process for IMSS, ISSSTE and IMSS‑Bienestar for 2027–2028 with Birmex handling distribution and purchases limited to certified laboratories to curb corruption and counterfeit risks, a shift drawing resistance from distributors.