The pharmaceutical industry in El Salvador is considered one of the main productive branches with the greatest use of state-of-the-art technologies and high specialized employment, also characterized internationally as one of the countries with the greatest diversity of products of the highest quality. The medicines manufactured in the country are demanded for their therapeutic efficacy and quality in: Central America and the Caribbean, Mexico, Panama, Peru, United States, among others. El Salvador is the first country in the Central American region with the good manufacturing practices certification according to the WHO, complying with international regulations and standards. The industry in El Salvador has the versatility for production diversification towards different therapeutic lines of the manufacture of OTC medicines and prescription drugs.