Health
Private Clinics Double Staff Amid Public Healthcare Exodus
● Private clinics have doubled their number of doctors over the past five years ● How many doctors are leaving the public healthcare system ● Romania’s Health Ministry has no idea how many d...
Private Health Insurers To Collect Social Healthcare Contributions
Every Romanian will choose from ten private health insurance houses that will compete against each other and will replace the National Health Insurance House (CNAS), the institution that col...
Regina Maria Buys Promed Clinic, Taps Into In Vitro Fertilization Business
Private healthcare operator Regina Maria, owned by investment fund Advent International, has bought a “significant stake” in Bucharest’s Promed clinic, thus tapping into the in the segment o...
Drug Makers Blast Romania's “Unsustainable” Clawback Tax
Romania’s pharmaceutical industry could lose 842 million lei (EUR195 million), which means a 30% shrinking of the market, following the implementation of the new clawback tax, according to a...
Private Hospitals On The Rise. What It Takes To Build Them
The fever of private hospital openings which has gripped Romanian investors in the last few years peaked in the first half of 2011, when projects worth a total of over EUR100 million were in...
Anima, A&D Pharma's Healthcare Business, Continues Expansion
Anima, a private healthcare business started last year by A&D Pharma, the largest group in the local pharmaceutical industry, posted sales of EUR1.23 million in the first eight months of 201...
Regina Maria Launches Its First Pharmacy, Largest Clinic In EUR2M Investment
Romanian private healthcare provider Regina Maria launched Thursday in Bucharest its first pharmacy and its largest clinic, within the same project, following an investment of EUR2 million.
Gyms To Require Authorization From Anti-Doping Agency
Romanian gym owners will be required to obtain a certificate from the National Anti-doping Agency, valid for three years, through an application that must be filed within six months, accordi...
ING Pension Fund Buys 5.5% Stake In Drug Wholesaler Ropharma
An ING private pension fund bought Tuesday a 5.5% stake in medicine wholesaler Ropharma Brasov (RPH.RO), for 9.2 million lei (EUR2.1 million), from companies controlled by businessman Mihai...