Pharmaceutical Retail Doubled to More Than RON20B in Ten Years

12.14.2020
Romanians spent more than 20 billion lei in pharmacies last year, as their medicine and food supplement purchases rose by 8% in 2019 year on year, Trade Register data show.
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Regina Maria Acquires 51% In Dental Clinic Chain Dr. Leahu
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Private medical clinics chain Regina Maria has acquired 51% in dental clinic chain Dr. Leahu, sources on the capital market told Ziarul Financiar... more
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Medicover Opens EUR31M Hospital In Pipera
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Medicover Romania, the third largest player on the private medical services market, has opened a new hospital in northern Bucharest, in the... more
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Antibiotice Iasi Gets RON4.1M Funding For Photovoltaic Park
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Antibiotice Iasi (ATB.RO), Romania’s largest producer of generic drugs, on Wednesday notified the Bucharest Stock Exchange of having received... more
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Dona Group Reports RON2.8B Turnover For 2022, Up 18% Vs 2021
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Dona Group, which includes the pharmacy chain of the same name and pharmaceutical distributor Dona Logistica, ended 2022 with a turnover of RON2.8... more
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Value4Capital Buys Hearing Aid Retailer Clarfon
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Private equity firm Value4Capital (V4C) has bought the Clarfon retail chain, which has more than 50 stores in Romania. The deal was concluded with... more
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Healthcare Network Regina Maria Invests over EUR3M in Biggest Regional Lab
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Healthcare network Regina Maria has invested over EUR3 million in the largest regional lab, located in Cluj-Napoca, a city where the company has so... more
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Retail Pharmacy Chain Catena Ends 2022 With RON6.3B Sales
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Catena, the largest retail pharmacy chain in Romania, ended 2022 with more than RON6.3 billion sales, an increase of 22% on the RON5.1 billion of... more
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Antibiotice Iasi Gets RON85M State Aid For Production And Logistics Facility
05.18.2023
Romania’s most important generic drug manufacturer Antibiotice Iasi (ATB.RO) has received from the Romanian government the approval for the... more
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Medicover Set To Open New Hospital In Bucharest In June
05.16.2023
Swedish-held Medicover Romania, the third largest private healthcare provider in the country by revenue, will inaugurate a new multi-specialty... more
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Zentiva Sees Ninefold Increase In Q1 Profit To Over RON42M
05.16.2023
Pharmaceutical company Zentiva SA had a turnover of RON230 million in January-March 2023, up 36% on the year, and a profit of over RON42 million,... more
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Medima Health Plans to Open Five Clinics Outside Bucharest in 2023
05.10.2023
Vlad Ardeleanu, CEO of imaging clinic network Medima Health, with nine units locally, says the business is witnessing two-digit growth against last... more
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Cegedim: Romania Medicine Market Grows 20% YoY To Nearly RON27B In April 2022-March 2023 Period
05.05.2023
Romanians bought medicines worth RON26.8 billion (EUR5.44 billion) in the period April 2022 – March 2023, at wholesale prices, 20% more than in... more
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Cronos Med Group Acquires Brasov-Based Biootika Clinic For EUR1.5M
05.03.2023
Cronos Med Group, a plastic surgery and medical aesthetics chain founded by physician Constantin Stan, has taken over for EUR1.5 million the... more
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Roxana Botea Appointed Country Director For Janssen Romania
05.02.2023
Janssen, pharmaceutical companies of Johnson & Johnson, appointed Roxana Botea to the position of Country Director for Janssen Romania. more
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Penta Investments Changes Name Of A&D Pharma Group To Dr. Max Romania
04.25.2023
A&D Pharma Group, with a history of almost three decades, being established in 1994, is changing its name to Dr. Max Romania. more
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Zentiva Group Appoints Zsolt Baranyai to Run Its Production Operations in Romania
04.06.2023
Zentiva Group, held by private equity firm Advent International, has put Zsolt Baranyai in charge of the production operations in Romania,... more
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Ovidius Clinical Hospital Opens Second Hospital in Constanta in EUR28M Investment
04.05.2023
Ovidius Clinical Hospital (OCH), the largest private hospital in the south-east of Romania has completed a EUR28 million investment in a new... more
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Iulius Group Partners Up With MedCity To Open Medical Center Within Palas Campus Iasi Office Complex
04.05.2023
Iulius Group, a real estate developer held by businessman Iulian Dascalu, has concluded a partnership with MedCity for the setup of a medical... more
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MedLife Completes Acquisition Of Majority Stake In Nord Group
03.30.2023
MedLife, the leading provider of private medical services in Romania and the only Romanian-owned company among the top operators of private medical... more
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Competition Council Approves MedLife’s Acquisition Of Centrul Provita
03.24.2023
Romania’s Competition Council on Friday announced it had given the greenlight for the acquisition by MedLife of Centrul de Diagnostic si... more

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