25 feb 2014

The stem cell sampling and storage market is likely to expand by 10%-15% this year, from EUR10 million in 2013, as 8% of women giving birth may decide to keep cord tissue for further transplant in more

25 feb 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

21 feb 2014

“Stress is part of life. The problem is how you cope with it. There is a level of positive stress, generating good, motivational pressure, but there are problems when a high level of stress is more

19 feb 2014

Bebe Tei, the first children’s products supermarket opened in Bucharest, has boasted higher-than-expected results since launch last April until present, says Dragos Vladu, one of its shareholders. more

18 feb 2014

Office furniture importer Corporate Office Solutions (COS) posted EUR16.2 million revenue in 2013, up 21% on the previous year and better than expected. more

14 feb 2014

An exception to the expansion rule has driven the number of retail pharmacies in Bucharest to 960, 44% more than there should actually be, says Ovidiu Wencz, general manager of SIEPCOFAR, the company more

13 feb 2014

Private healthcare provider MedLife expects to reach EUR100 million revenue by 2016, twenty years after its founding. more

12 feb 2014

A&D Pharma is constantly eyed by foreign investors, as the largest group in the Romanian pharmaceutical industry was seen for years an investment target for major companies wanting to tap the domestic more

11 feb 2014

The year 2014 will be a transition year for GlaxoSmithKline Romania, as the sales will be affected by the expiration of the patent for the best-selling drug in its portfolio, which will now see more

6 feb 2014

Pharmaceutical wholesaler Farmexpert has developed soundly in the last few years with costs kept well under control, says general manager Iulian Trandafir. The strategy, he added, was not to push for more

4 feb 2014

Retail sales, the best indicator of the trend of consumer spending, unexpectedly rebounded by 6.7% in December, the National Statistics Institute announced on Monday. more

3 feb 2014

Entrepreneur Dan Sucu, owner of Mobexpert group, the largest furniture business in Romania, says that for the first time in the past four years he is optimistic about the coming period. more

29 ian 2014

The largest five retail pharmacy chains in Romania, Catena (480 pharmacies), Sensiblu (more than 400), Dona (230), Help Net (more than 150) and Ropharma (more than 125) account for almost 20% of the more

23 ian 2014

Sanofi, the largest pharmaceutical company in Romania, which owns the Zentiva plant (SCD.RO) in Bucharest, estimates exports could reach 30% of its production volume in 2013, double the 2012 level. more

21 ian 2014

Sales of wine in Romania could rise in 2014, while exports of local winemakers are expected to increase as the largest producers of the world, France and Italy, reported poor harvests last year. more

20 ian 2014

Mergers & acquisition consultants are upbeat about a rebound of the Romanian M&A market, and the most dynamic sector will be financial services, which has stood out starting as early as 2013. more

17 ian 2014

The Romanian pharmaceutical market will grow by 8% at most n 2014, according to executives in the industry mainly due to the updating of the list of reimbursed drugs. more

16 ian 2014

Four of the parent companies of the 20 largest Romanian firms boasted share increases by as much as 53% on international markets in 2013, the best year for the Western stock exchanges after the more

15 ian 2014

Romanian state-run drug maker Antibiotice Iasi (ATB.RO) is likely to register two-digit export growth this year as it eyes new markets. more

12 ian 2014

Nextebank will focus on niche services--namely on very small and small companies, as well as on individuals, with lending not including long-term products in the latter case--according to Horia Manda, more

9 ian 2014

The major private healthcare providers announced investment plans in new clinics this year, as well as new hires, after a very quiet 2013 expansion-wise. more

8 ian 2014

The year 2014 will be quite busy for the private equity firms that have been in Romania for a number of years, while others might exit after using up their allocations for the area, the managers more

5 ian 2014

In 2013 all eyes were on the Health Ministry as far as the healthcare system is concerned, while the private sector came with several surprise transactions. more

31 dec 2013

Sparkling wine producer Zarea (ZARE.RO) makes about 30% to 40% of its annual sales at the end of the year, general manager Emil Popescu says. more

29 dec 2013

The next year "looks like it will be a good year" for MedLife, according to chairman Mihai Marcu, whose main two projects for 2014 are expansion to all major cities and implementation of a health care more