26 apr 2018

Dr. Max pharmaceutical group, held by Czech Republic’s Penta Investments, has added 613 pharmacies to its network once the takeover of the A&D Pharma group has been completed. This will take the more

17 apr 2018

Swiss-held chemical group Clariant is investing more than EUR100 million in the plant it is building in Podari, a rural town about 10 kilometers from Craiova, Dolj County in southern Romania. more

12 apr 2018

Romania’s pharmaceutical exports stood at EUR771 million in 2017, 5% higher than in 2016, ZF has found from the preliminary data supplied by the National Statistics Institute. more

4 apr 2018

Swiss-held Clariant chemical group has bought a 10-hectare plot in the rural town of Podari, near Craiova, which previously accommodated the vegetable oil plant Olpo (closed by Cargill) and a sugar more

3 apr 2018

There are resources for new investment projects, there are opportunities in Romania, but the development pace must become faster, solutions must be found to offset the shortage of labor in some areas more

29 mar 2018

Help Net, the retail pharmacy chain of businessman Ovidiu Buluc, ended 2017 with EUR128 million revenue, an increase of about 8% on 2016, according to ZF’s calculations. The number of pharmacies in more

22 mar 2018

Synevo Romania, the lab network of the Swedish-held private medical service provider Medicover, posted EUR46 million revenue in 2017, an increase of 18% on 2016, after having expanded the number of more

14 mar 2018

The generics division of French-held Sanofi, which includes the Zentiva pharmaceutical company with its plant in Romania (the former Sicomed), as well, is being courted by India’s Torrent more

10 ian 2018

Ilfov (which surrounds Bucharest) is the county with the most applications for establishing retail pharmacies of all rural areas, 21, according to Romania’s Health Ministry statistics. more

22 dec 2017

Walmark, the subsidiary of the Czech group by the same name, which has been selling nutritional supplements in Romania for two decades, expects 84 million lei (EUR18 million) revenue in June 2017 – more

21 dec 2017

Retail pharmacy chain Catena, the largest on the local pharmaceutical market, will end 2017 with almost 2.9 billion lei (EUR626.7 million) revenue, up 12% on 2016. It has 670 pharmacies throughout more

4 dec 2017

Sf. Sava private hospital in Iasi posted 11.5 million lei (EUR2.5 million) revenue in 2016, up 7% on the previous year, according to the publicly available data on the Finance Ministry website. This more

8 nov 2017

Pharmacy chain Sensiblu, the second leading pharmaceutical retailer in Romania, posted a 14% decline in sales in the first half to 703 million lei (EUR153 million) and Mediplus, the leader of the more

3 nov 2017

Insurance companies and the public opinion should discuss more about optional insurance, be it general or life insurance and less about auto liability insurance (RCA), if they want to see the Romanian more

1 nov 2017

Pharmaceutical retail chain Tinos, a Bucharest-based family business established 23 years ago, posted almost 26 million lei (EUR6 million) revenue in 2016, up 11% on 2015. The chain has 15 pharmacies more

30 oct 2017

Tension between government and the business sector is mounting alarmingly fast after the Finance Ministry announced significant changes of the fiscal legislation at the end of last week: 1% tax on more

20 oct 2017

The franchise market in Romania - more than 400 concepts, is headed towards EUR3 billion revenue by yearend and has the potential to double in the next five years, as the interest of entrepreneurs for more

19 oct 2017

Farmexpert, the second leading pharmaceutical wholesaler in Romania by revenue, held by Walgreens Boots Alliance, saw an increase in revenue by 10% in the financial year that started August 2016 and more

16 oct 2017

Cosmetics manufacturer Farmec based in Cluj-Napoca (NW Romania) will continue expansion of its Farmec and Gerovital single-brand retail chain by 10 stores next year, progressing at about the same rate more

13 oct 2017

The top three private hospitals by number of beds in Romania have 883 beds together and Bucharest has six hospitals among the top 20, a Health Ministry ranking provided at the request of ZF shows. more

6 oct 2017

A look at the top 20 pharmaceutical importers and wholesalers shows the market rose from 12.3 billion in 2012 (EUR2.68 billion) to RON18.4 billion in 2016, an increase of about 50% on a market that is more

28 sep 2017

Acquisitions on the private healthcare market will continue, which will lead to an even greater consolidation of the sector and to higher care standards, demanded by patients themselves, Adrian Peake, more

19 sep 2017

Farmacia Tei of entrepreneur Roxana Maftei will open a pharmacy and a Bebe Tei store in Plaza Mall in Bucharest, replacing Debenhams, the fashion retailer that closed all its stores in Romania in more

15 sep 2017

Public system doctors should use their contracts with the National Health Insurance House (CNAS) in the public not the private medical system. more

1 sep 2017

Farmacia Ardealul, a family business established in Piatra Neamt (NE Romania) 25 years ago, posted 54 million lei (EUR11.7 million) revenue last year, an increase of about 10% on 2015, and its owners more