Health
Alexandru Popescu Named Philips Healthcare General Manager For SE Europe
Alexandru Popescu, former manager of Amethyst Radiotherapy Center, was named general manager of Philips Healthcare for SE Europe, the healthcare division of Dutch group Philips, replacing Ro...
Exports Up To 25% Of Zentiva Bucharest’s Production
Exports reached 25% of the production of Zentiva (SCD.RO) plant in Bucharest, a unit of French pharmaceutical group Sanofi, frm just 15% in 2013.
GSK Fails To Find Buyer For Its Europharm Plant in Brasov, Sets Off Shutdown Procedures
British pharmaceutical group GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has decided to close down its medicine production line in Brasov, central Romania, after it failed to find a buyer, the company said in a s...
MedLife To Grow To 3,000 Employees
Private medical service operator MedLife will grow to 3,000 employees in 2014 compared with 2,650 last year, once it has opened four new large clinics throughout the country.
Private Medical Services Market Reaches EUR570M, Medicover Outruns Regina Maria
Private medical services market in Romania slowed down its growth to 10%-12% in the last year, reaching approximately EUR570 million, while MedLife ranks first, followed by Medicover, after...
Labormed Posts 61% Higher Sales, 84% Lower Loss In 2013, 1st Year Under Alvogen’s Control
Sales of Romanian generic drug producer Labormed Pharma surged nearly 61% to 141.8 million lei (EUR32 million) and its loss narrowed by 84% to RON18 million in 2013, the first year under the...
APMGR Asks PM To Intervene In Decision For Differentiated Clawback Tax
The representatives of the Association of Generic Medicine Producers in Romania (APMGR) asked Prime Minister Victor Ponta to get directly involved in removing the institutional deadlock whic...
20 Largest Domestic Drug Makers Still Unable To Call The Shots On Drug Market
On a domestic drug market worth over EUR2.6 billion, Romanian drug makers are unable to gain ground, with the pharmaceutical industry being traditionally dominated by importers. Hungary, the...
The Drama Of Ilie Vonica, Most Powerful Entrepreneur In Romanian Healthcare Business
Businessman Ilie Vonica, who built the Polisano group in Sibiu, jumped to his death from a window of his home on Tuesday, seemingly unable to cope with the pressure of a fraud investigation...