MIRA INFORM REPORT

 

 

Report Date :

16.10.2014

 

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

 

Name :

VACUNAS FINLAY S.A.

 

 

Registered Office :

Calle 212 No. 3112 e/31 y 37, La Lisa Ciudad Habana

 

 

Country :

Cuba

 

 

Date of Incorporation :

17.06.1905

 

 

Legal Form :

Corporation

 

 

Line of Business :

Distribution of pharmaceutical products

 

 

No of Employees :

15

 

 

RATING & COMMENTS

 

MIRA’s Rating :

B

 

RATING

STATUS

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

26-40

B

Capability to overcome financial difficulties seems comparatively below average.

Small

 

Status :

Moderate

Payment Behaviour :

No Complaints

Litigation :

Clear

 

NOTES :

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ECGC Country Risk Classification List – June 1, 2014

 

Country Name

Previous Rating

(31.03.2014)

Current Rating

(01.06.2014)

Cuba

B2

B1

 

Risk Category

ECGC Classification

Insignificant

 

A1

Low

 

A2

Moderate

 

B1

High

 

B2

Very High

 

C1

Restricted

 

C2

Off-credit

 

D

 


 

CUBA - ECONOMIC OVERVIEW

 

The government continues to balance the need for loosening its socialist economic system against a desire for firm political control. The government in April 2011 held the first Cuban Communist Party Congress in almost 13 years, during which leaders approved a plan for wide-ranging economic changes. Since then, the Cuban government has slowly and incrementally implemented limited economic reforms, including allowing Cubans to buy electronic appliances and cell phones, stay in hotels, and buy and sell used cars. The Cuban government also opened up some retail services to "self-employment," leading to the rise of so-called "cuentapropistas" or entrepreneurs. Recent moves include permitting the private ownership and sale of real estate and new vehicles, allowing private farmers to sell agricultural goods directly to hotels, and expanding categories of self-employment. Despite these reforms, the average Cuban's standard of living remains at a lower level than before the collapse of the Soviet Union and the resulting downturn of the 1990s. Since late 2000, Venezuela has been providing oil on preferential terms, and it currently supplies over 100,000 barrels per day of petroleum products. Cuba has been paying for the oil, in part, with the services of Cuban personnel in Venezuela, including some 30,000 medical professionals.

 

Source : CIA

 

 

STATUTORY INFORMATION

Order:

Vacunas Finlay S.A.

Address in the order:

Ave 27, 19805 La Coronelala Lisa Ciudad Havan, Cuba

Legal Name:

VACUNAS FINLAY S.A.

Trade Name:

Vacunas Finlay

ID:

NA

Date Created:

1995

Date Incorporated:

17/06/1905

Legal Address:

Calle 212 No. 3112 e/31 y 37, La Lisa Ciudad Habana, Cuba

Operative Address:

Calle 212 No. 3112 e/31 y 37, La Lisa Ciudad Habana, Cuba

Telephone:

(53 7) 271-6553, 271-6557

Fax:

(53 7) 273-1218

Legal Form:

Corporation

Email:

isocarras@finlay.edu.cu

Registered in:

La Habana, Cuba

Website:

www.finlay.sld.cu

Manager:

Msc. Francisco Domínguez Álvarez

Staff:

15

Activity:

Distribution of pharmaceutical products

SIC Codes:

5122

NAICS Codes:

5122

BANKS

Name of the Bank:

Banco Popular de Cuba (BPN)

The company does not make its banking information public

PRINCIPAL ACTIVITY

VACUNAS FINLAY S.A. is Cuban company that promotes, markets, sells and distributes pharmaceutical and biological products in domestic and international markets.
The company grants, transfers and receives technologies, licenses, patents, trademarks and encourages partnership with individuals and corporations in Cuba and abroad.

Products/Services description:

Vaccines
VA-Mengoc-BC®
Meningococcal BC
Vax-MEN-AC®
Meningococcal AC
Vax-SPIRAL
Trivalent leptospiral
Vax-TyVi®
Typhoid Vi Polysaccharide
Vax-Tet R
Tetanus
Vax-TET ® -5
Tetanus vaccine
VA-DIFTET®
Diphtheria / tetanus (pediatric formulation)
Diphtheria / Tetanus / Pertussis
 
Raw materials
Outer membrane vesicles of Neisseria meningitidis
Inactivated Bordetella pertussis
Raw Vi Polysaccharide active
Sterile Purified Tetanus Toxoid
Sterile Purified Diphtheria Toxoid
 
Services
Technology transfer
Consulting and Advisory Services in immunizations, epidemiology and infectious diseases
Scientific Publications

Trademarks:

VA-MENGOC-BC®
VA-MENGOC-BC
vax-MEN-AC
vax-SPIRAL
vax-TyVi
vax-TET
VA-DIFTET

Sales are:

Wholesale

Clients:

QUALITY PHARMA EIRL
Pacasmayo, Lima 15082,
Perú

ENFARMA EP
Ecuador

LABORATORIOS DELTA S.A.
CR 46 19 SUR 117
Colombia

Competitors:

BioCubaFarma

Suppliers:

INSTITUTO FINLAY

Ave. 27 No. 19805, La Coronela, Municipio La Lisa
La Habana, Cuba. Apartado Postal 16017. Zona Postal 11600

Operations area:

National & International

The company does not import

The company exports to

Peru, Ecuador, Colombia

The subject employs

15 employees

Payments:

Regular

LOCATION

 

Headquarters :

 

Calle 212 No. 3112 e/31 y 37, La Lisa Ciudad Habana, Cuba

Branches:

The company does not have branches

Business Overview:

Cuban health expenditure is the lowest in the Americas region. Nearly all health expenditure will be accountable to the public sector in the 2011-2016 period. Due to fluctuating GDP rates, expenditure as a percentage of GDP is expected to oscillate between 11.6% and 12.9% in the forecast period. Given that all medical care is officially free, private expenditure is limited to unofficial payments to officials and healthcare professionals, and health tourism. Locally-produced drugs do not operate in a market as such, and therefore it is difficult to place a value on them.

 

The economy is expected to do well in the 2011-2016 period, and the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) believes that mid-term economic policy is expected to be focused on making the economic system more flexible and promoting more private initiatives. The Cuban pharmaceutical market is the smallest in the Americas region. Espicom projects a moderate CAGR in dollar terms between 2011 and 2016.

 

The Cuban pharmaceutical market increased in value by five times in the 1995-2010 period. Cuba has developed a well-established pharmaceutical industry based on the formulation or manufacturing of generic medicines. An important Cuban biotechnology industry has also been developed.

 

The government is responsible for domestic production, which represents between 80% and 90% of the market. In order to strengthen domestic pharmaceutical production, the Ministry of Basic Industry (MINBAS) formed the Chemical Pharmaceutical Business Group (QUIMEFA) in 2001.

 

There were 28 pharmaceutical producers registered in 2010. Production increased by four times between 1997 and 2008.

 

Competitive Landscape

 

The competitive landscape section provides comparative company analyses and rankings by US$ sales and % share of total sales - for the total pharmaceutical sector, as well as the OTC, generics, and distribution sub-sectors. - See more at: http://www.espicom.com/cuba-pharmaceutical-market.html#sthash.F83oJTal.dpuf

GROUP STRUCTURE AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES

 

Listed at the stock exchange:

 

NO

Capital:

NA

Shareholders %:

This is a private company. It is controlled and owned by the Cuban Government.

Management:

Msc. Francisco Domínguez Álvarez, President
Lic. Lilia Alfalla Valdés,  Vicepresident
Dr. Jorge de Jesús Menéndez Hernández
Lic. Yamila Martínez Suárez, Sales
Lic. Karelia Maynegra Díaz, Business Director
Lic. Yilian Plasencia Pérez, Imports

Related Companies:

Instituto Finlay S.A., Cuba

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

This is a private company which does not make its financial information public. We contacted the company but they refused to confirm. The following information has been provided by outside sources.

Currency

USD

Year

2013

Revenue

250 000

Cash Flow

NORMAL

LEGAL FILINGS

 

No legal/criminal were connected to the subject

SUMMARY

Vacunas Finlay S.A. is a Cuban company dedicated to the research and commerce of pharmaceutical products.

The company is an exclusive distributor of materials produced by Instituto Finlay S.A., Cuban company.

There are no negative. It is managed and controlled by the Cuban Government.

However, the country risk in Cuba is high, as long as the political organization of the State is submitted to the socialist premises.
The current blockage makes Cuba one of the less developed countries in Latin America, with high indebtedness and no possibilities of incorporating added value to the economy.
There are no Foreign nor National Investments to sustain any offer exceeding basic and only structural needed products, all of them controlled and directed by the State.

There is an absolute lack of competitiveness, which makes the economy very poor.

RISK INFORMATION

Payments

Regular

Cash

Medium

Indebtedness

Controlled

CALL

INTERVIEWEE

NA

POSITION

Sales

COMMENTS

The person contacted confirmed name of the company, suppliers, foundation and manager. He refused to provide more information or any financial data.

 

 


 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES

 

Currency

Unit

Indian Rupees

US Dollar

1

Rs.61.11

UK Pound

1

Rs.98.15

Euro

1

Rs.77.68     

 

INFORMATION DETAILS

 

Analysis Done by :

SUB

 

 

Report Prepared by :

SMN

 

RATING EXPLANATIONS

 

RATING

STATUS

 

 

PROPOSED CREDIT LINE

>86

Aaa

Possesses an extremely sound financial base with the strongest capability for timely payment of interest and principal sums

 

Unlimited

71-85

Aa

Possesses adequate working capital. No caution needed for credit transaction. It has above average (strong) capability for payment of interest and principal sums

 

Large

56-70

A

Financial & operational base are regarded healthy. General unfavourable factors will not cause fatal effect. Satisfactory capability for payment of interest and principal sums

 

Fairly Large

41-55

Ba

Overall operation is considered normal. Capable to meet normal commitments.

 

Satisfactory

26-40

B

Capability to overcome financial difficulties seems comparatively below average.

 

Small

11-25

Ca

Adverse factors are apparent. Repayment of interest and principal sums in default or expected to be in default upon maturity

 

Limited with full security

<10

C

Absolute credit risk exists. Caution needed to be exercised

 

 

Credit not recommended

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NB

                                       New Business

 

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This score serves as a reference to assess SC’s credit risk and to set the amount of credit to be extended. It is calculated from a composite of weighted scores obtained from each of the major sections of this report. The assessed factors and their relative weights (as indicated through %) are as follows:

 

Financial condition (40%)            Ownership background (20%)                  Payment record (10%)

Credit history (10%)                   Market trend (10%)                                Operational size (10%)

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