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

03.12.2012

Private medical services operator Medicover estimates the hospital it opened Monday in Bucharest, which entailed over EUR20 million in investments, has the potential to generate revenues of EUR15 more

03.05.2012

The Romanian Senate on Monday tacitly adopted a bill whereby aggravated assault against medical staff will be punishable by up to 12 years in prison. more

02.29.2012

Romanian private healthcare provider Gral Medical on Wednesday said it is expecting sales of EUR18.5 million for 2012, up 23% on the year. more

02.08.2012

Romanian Health Minister nominee Ladislau Ritli said Wednesday that the basic service package will be revised by June, regulating access to very expensive medicine and reducing hospital stays for more

01.18.2012

Romanian private healthcare provider Anima Specialty Medical Services took over a 70% stake in the Diagnosis clinics, previously owned by investment fund Gemisa. more

12.06.2011

Romania’s Senate on Tuesday adopted a bill whereby jobless people who don’t receive unemployment aid would get medical certificates free of charge. more