The healthcare distribution sector in Poland has undergone considerable changes in recent years with consolidation and privatization driving change and leading wholesale players maximising national reach and market share.
Cost containment measures including price and reimbursement cuts are putting pharmaceutical manufactures under increased pressure and tougher market conditions are evident in Central and Eastern Europe. The current reimbursement environment in many CEE countries continues to pose challenges for all pharma market players, including producers and distributors of medicinal products alike.
As of the end of 2017, active work on legislation change and update is going on in Kazakhstan in the area of healthcare and pharmaceutical business. Such legislative activity is aimed at harmonizing the laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Last week, on July 10, 2018, in Sofia VladislavShestakov–Director of the State Institute of Drugs and Good Practices, Deputy Head of the State GMP Inspectorate met with Professor AssenaStoimenova, Executive Director of the Bulgarian Drug Agency (Medicines Agency of the Bulgarian Health Ministry).
Aurobindo Pharma announced that its wholly owned step-down subsidiary, Agile Pharma B. V. (Netherlands) has entered into an agreement on 13 July 2018 to acquire commercial operations and certain supporting infrastructure in five European countries viz. the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Poland and
Whilst the latest European Commission 2018 economic growth forecast for the EU stands at 2.3%, a large group of Eastern European countries clearly outpaces its European peers. Slovenia, Romania and Bulgaria lead the pack as shown on the chart below. Growth in the above CEE countries is forecast to
SOFIA (Bulgaria), June 22 (SeeNews) – Bulgarian drug distributor and retailer Sopharma Trading [BUL:SO5] plans to expand its operations on the Serbian market and to become a strategic investor in Southeast Europe (SEE), it said. Sopharma Trading is planning to implement its successful diversified
Azerbaijan’s Sumgait city has hosted the groundbreaking ceremony of the first plant for the production of solid drugs. The ceremony was attended by Azerbaijan’s Economy Minister Shahin Mustafayev. During the event, it was noted that products of the plant, which is being built by India’s Sun
Although Poland has a very strong scientific base in life sciences and medicine, it has not developed a vibrant biotech or medtech sectors. Until recently, no truly innovative products from Poland have been introduced to the global market. The pharmaceutical industry has traditionally been based on
The Czech Health Ministry prepared draft amendments to the Public Health Insurance Act, which will introduce new reimbursement rules for medical devices, the Ministry said. The new rules are expected to come into force in January 2019, replacing current regulations that were contested by the