Only two of the 40 overshot the EUR100 million mark (Terapia Ranbaxy and Europharm) and 12 posted revenue of EUR10 million to EUR100 million.
In comparison, Hungary’s production stands at EUR2.4 billion (2010 figures), as does Poland’s, while Switzerland is Europe’s largest producer, with almost EUR30 billion.
Most of the leading pharmaceutical plants in Romania are held by multinationals, while Romanian entrepreneurs did not get any higher than 11th place.
Daiichi Sankyo (owner of Terapia Cluj), GlaxoSmithKline (which owns Europharm Brasov plant that it plans to sell or close if it fails to find a buyer), Sandoz (which has production facilities in Targu Mures), Sanofi (owner of Zentiva plant in Bucharest) and Gedeon Richter (which owns a plant in Targu Mures) are the largest multinationals in Romania.
The most powerful local entrepreneurs in the pharmaceutical production business are the Manzatu family (Biotehnos) and Fiterman family of Fiterman Pharma.
Other entrepreneurs include Sibiu businessman Ilie Vonica, who added producer Polipharma to his medical service and pharmaceutical wholesale and retail business, and Mihai Miron, who owns Bioef, his second investment in this industry.
Miron started his first pharmaceutical production business, Europharm, in the early nineties, which he then sold to UK’s GSK. He has recently said he is contemplating the possibility of buying it back.
State-owned Antibiotice ranks third; another Romanian producer in the ranking is Biofarm, held by the regional investment funds (SIF).
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)
|
Rank |
Company |
County |
2012 revenue (mln. euros) |
2012 net profit/loss in 2012 (mln. euros) |
Number of employees |
|
1 |
TERAPIA SA |
Cluj |
105.8 |
21.7 |
783 |
|
2 |
EUROPHARM SA |
Brasov |
104 |
11.1 |
254 |
|
3 |
ANTIBIOTICE SA |
Iasi |
68.4 |
6.1 |
1,465 |
|
4 |
SANDOZ SRL |
Mures |
58.6 |
5.8 |
225 |
|
5 |
ZENTIVA SA |
Bucharest |
54.4 |
7.2 |
531 |
|
6 |
GEDEON RICHTER ROMANIA SA |
Mures |
27.6 |
-6.6 |
550 |
|
7 |
INFOMED FLUIDS SRL |
Bucharest |
27.1 |
1.7 |
402 |
|
8 |
BIOFARM SA |
Bucharest |
23.6 |
4.7 |
340 |
|
9 |
LABORMED-PHARMA SA |
Bucharest |
19.8 |
-25.4 |
269 |
|
10 |
ROMPHARM COMPANY SRL |
Ilfov |
19.5 |
0.5 |
252 |
|
11 |
BIOTEHNOS SA |
Ilfov |
18.1 |
10.4 |
138 |
|
12 |
FITERMAN PHARMA SRL |
Iasi |
15.3 |
1.8 |
135 |
|
13 |
PASTEUR – FILIALA FILIPESTI SRL |
Prahova |
12.6 |
2.9 |
231 |
|
14 |
SWISSCAPS ROMANIA SRL |
Prahova |
10.5 |
0.8 |
266 |
|
15 |
ROMVAC COMPANY SA |
Ilfov |
9.8 |
1.0 |
368 |
|
16 |
FERROSAN SRL |
Cluj |
9.8 |
-0.3 |
93 |
|
17 |
ARENA GROUP SA |
Bucharest |
7.1 |
1.0 |
115 |
|
18 |
HIPOCRATE 2000 SRL |
Bucharest |
7.0 |
0.4 |
65 |
|
19 |
B.BRAUN PHARMACEUTICALS SA |
Timis |
6.3 |
0.3 |
126 |
|
20 |
MAGISTRA C&C SRL |
Constanta |
6.1 |
0.6 |
120 |
|
21 |
HOFIGAL EXPORT IMPORT SA |
Bucharest |
5.9 |
0.7 |
245 |
|
22 |
CRIDA PHARM SRL |
Bucharest |
5.5 |
0.3 |
39 |
|
23 |
LAROPHARM SRL |
Ilfov |
4.5 |
0.02 |
165 |
|
24 |
SINDAN – PHARMA SRL |
Bucharest |
4.5 |
0.3 |
177 |
|
25 |
HEXI PHARMA CO. SRL |
Bucharest |
3.7 |
0.4 |
35 |
|
26 |
SPD STAR SRL |
Cluj |
3.3 |
0.02 |
57 |
|
27 |
TIS FARMACEUTIC SA |
Bucharest |
3.3 |
0.1 |
45 |
|
28 |
PLANTEXTRAKT SRL |
Cluj |
2.8 |
-0.005 |
94 |
|
29 |
SANTA SA |
Brasov |
2.8 |
0.03 |
46 |
|
30 |
ORGANIC LINNEA SRL |
Bucharest |
2.7 |
0.03 |
18 |
|
31 |
VIM SPECTRUM SRL |
Mures |
2.6 |
0.003 |
82 |
|
32 |
PRODCONFARM SRL |
Arges |
2.5 |
0.5 |
54 |
|
33 |
POLIPHARMA INDUSTRIES SRL |
Sibiu |
2.4 |
0.03 |
55 |
|
34 |
VELFINA SA |
Arges |
2.1 |
-0.02 |
83 |
|
35 |
AC HELCOR SRL |
Maramures |
2.1 |
0.2 |
45 |
|
36 |
SLAVIA PHARM SRL |
Bucharest |
2.1 |
0.2 |
57 |
|
37 |
MEBRA SRL |
Brasov |
2 |
0.5 |
37 |
|
38 |
IRCON SRL |
Iasi |
1.9 |
0.04 |
28 |
|
39 |
BIOEF SRL |
Brasov |
1.9 |
0.2 |
22 |
|
40 |
“SOCIETATEA NATIONALA “”INSTITUTUL PASTEUR”” SA” |
Bucharest |
1.9 |
-7.4 |
54 |
Source: Trade Registry