05.28.2014

Over 20,000 foreigners come to Romania annually for health treatment, especially for aesthetic surgery and dental procedures, and spend more than EUR60 million on healthcare services, accommodation more

04.10.2014

Centrul Medical Academica, a business held by Oprescu family, generated revenue of above EUR3.1 million in 2013, up 21% on the year, above initial expectations. This year, the company banks on an over more

02.25.2014

Alin Iosep, Dan Nicolescu, Octavian Iacob and Dragos Popescu, entrepreneurs or managers with experience on the pharmaceutical market, have set up Pharmalink, a marketing and sales business targeting more

01.28.2014

Romanian private healthcare provider Gral Medical targets 20% higher revenues in 2014, despite the contracting of the medical service market, the company said in a statement Tuesday. more

11.27.2013

Hiring will be unblocked for 1,124 positions in the public healthcare system, mainly for doctors of all specialties, nurses, and midwives, Health Minister Eugen Nicolaescu said Wednesday. more

10.30.2013

A surgeon by training, Victor Tighinean started his own business while a resident, selling footwear for medical and nursing staff. He then became a dealer of Danish footwear brand Ecco, which now has more

10.23.2013

Turkish group Bozlu will open its first Neolife medical center in Romania, in Bucharest, at the end of 2013, following a EUR15 million investment. more

10.21.2013

Romanian private healthcare provider Gral Medical has opened its first hospital, OncoFort, in a EUR7 million investment, the company said Monday. more

10.11.2013

The private medical service market, which was almost non-existent ten years ago, reached EUR521 million last year and has been among the fastest growing sectors in the last few years. more

08.28.2013

Healthcare company GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), the sixth largest player in the Romanian medicine industry, announced it provided funding last year for 211 Romanian doctors to attend 40 international more

05.27.2013

The top five private medical services providers in Romania--namely MedLife, Regina Maria, Medicover, Sanador and Gral--posted revenue of EUR192 million in 2012, up 24% on the year, according to ZF more

05.09.2013

Romanian private healthcare provider Gral Medical said its first-quarter revenues rose 26% on the year to 18.6 million lei (EUR4.31 million) and estimates a 17% increase to RON88 million in 2013. more

05.07.2013

The major private medical service providers expect business to be better this year and see growth of up to 20%, Ziarul Financiar has found by looking at the data companies made public. more

04.29.2013

Bogdan Chiritoiu, head of the Romanian Competition Council, has announced that the institution will start an analysis of the medical services market in general, with there being “indications that more

03.31.2013

Romanian private healthcare provider Gral Medical said it will open a hospital in Bucharest in the second half of the year. more

03.28.2013

Romanian private healthcare provider Gral Medical buys Sibiu-based policlinic Sanostar for EUR8,200 from Genzen and Sorin Ovidiu Rotariu, according to a decision of Sanostar stockholders. more

03.21.2013

Pharmaceutical companies are using employee leasing services more and more often to boost sales force, creating a market that might grow by 30% this year. more

01.30.2013

Romanian inpatients will pay between 5 lei (EUR1.14) and RON10 upon hospital discharge, and each hospital will be free to set the value of copayment within these limits, according to a draft normative more

12.19.2012

Private medical service operator Gral Medical could see revenues at EUR19 million in 2013, while the investment budget stands at EUR5 million. more

11.29.2012

Medical service provider Romar, held by the Hagicalil family and investment fund RC2, is in talks with a foreign partner to open a 40 to 50-bed hospital in Bucharest. more

11.28.2012

Romania’s Health Ministry aims to speed up the acquisition and discount procedure of the drugs difficult to procure, secretary of state Alexandru Rafila said Wednesday. more

10.23.2012

The Romanian Chamber of Deputies Camera adopted a bill whereby aggravated assault against medical staff will be punishable by up to 12 years in prison. more

09.24.2012

Foreigners come to Romania to get dental treatment or plastic surgery and cardiac services, Romanian Health Minister Vasile Cepoi said Monday at a conference regarding medical tourism. more

07.18.2012

The Romanian medical services market, one of the most dynamic sectors in the last few years, could grow 8% this year and by as much as over 20% as of 2013 if certain regulations come into force and more

07.05.2012

Romanian private healthcare provider Gral Medical on Thursday said it posted sales of 35.5 million lei (EUR8 million) in the first half of 2012, up 22% from the same period a year ago, mainly fueled more