19 feb 2015

Bucharest’s Ponderas Hospital is due to have a more challenging period until September after relocation to a new space, double the previous one, but at yearend it is likely to register a 20% more

13 feb 2015

Medsana, the first foreign investment on Romania’s healthcare market, reduced the weight of subscriptions in revenue to 33% in 2014 from 40% in the previous year as it deliberately renounced five more

12 feb 2015

Almost 1 million hectoliters of wine are sold annually in modern retail networks, accounting for 40-50% in total volumes sold in Romania, according to a ZF estimate based on data from winemakers. more

10 feb 2015

Investors’ perception of Romania has improved in the past year and the first positive signals came from the stock market, with the increase in the value of listed companies leading to a rise in the more

6 feb 2015

Private equity firm Value4Capital (V4C), which bought into private medical service operator MedLife in a EUR20 million deal in 2009, is getting ready to sell its 36% stake. more

6 feb 2015

The field of office furniture has very good prospects this year and in 2016 owing to companies mainly developing outside Bucharest, says Christopher Weller, managing partner of office furniture more

4 feb 2015

Romanian lawyer Valeriu Stoica, who owns Avincis winemaker together with his wife Cristiana, says he delivered 12,000 bottles of wine to China in 2014, and now his winery has orders from Sweden and more

4 feb 2015

Oresa Ventures Romania wants to seal two deals each year and its strategy is to reach 8 companies, the best portfolio size for a market such as the local one, says Cornel Marian, managing director of more

3 feb 2015

The non-prescription drug (OTC) market rose by over 10% last year, but the average annual growth pace will go down to 4-5% as people’s incomes are not expected to register significant increases, more

2 feb 2015

Private equity funds operating in Romania mull clinching at least one acquisition in 2015 and are eyeing fields such as retail, healthcare, banking or IT and some of them are even considering exits. more

30 ian 2015

The pharmacy network is interested in acquiring independent pharmacies and mini-chains for expansion this year, but also considers the franchise system. However, the latter project is in its early more

28 ian 2015

Retail pharmacy chain Sensiblu, the second-largest in Romania, has launched a new brand, Farmacia Punkt, which it will take to the crowded districts of Bucharest. more

23 ian 2015

Regional pharmacy chains operating in one or two counties of Romania have been gaining ground lately and have now come to directly compete with national ones, says Iulian Trandafir, general manager of more

21 ian 2015

Timisoreana was the best-selling beer brand in Romania last year, a position it also held in 2013 and 2012, according with data provided by market research company Canadean. more

19 ian 2015

Dent Estet dental clinics, owned by Oana Taban and Nicu Hagivreta, generated revenue worth above 17.8 million lei (above EUR4 million) in 2014, up 20% against 2013. more

16 ian 2015

Dan Zamonea, the longest-serving general manager of a pharmaceutical multinational in Romania, who has been running the local subsidiary of Roche for 14 years, has left the company, as did the chief more

16 ian 2015

The Boeru family, which owns various businesses such as consulting company Romair Consulting and parachuting company TNT Brothers, is investing more than EUR1.5 million in a new venture: winemaking. more

14 ian 2015

As Romania's private healthcare insurance industry is largely underdeveloped, hospitals have counted more on cash payments and to a lesser extent on contracts with the public insurance system, and more

13 ian 2015

Medicover, the largest foreign investor in Romania’s healthcare sector, is mulling acquisitions this year and targets strong expansion, as it will also invest in new clinics. more

13 ian 2015

Romania’s furniture industry, mainly dominated by local entrepreneurs, advanced by around 10% in terms of production, exports and imports in 2014, while local sales posted a one-digit increase, more

9 ian 2015

The drug market is likely to rise by 2-3% this year, when it may go beyond RON12 billion, according to ZF calculations based on the expectations of the main players in this industry, after a difficult more

7 ian 2015

Polisano drug wholesaler, part of the Sibiu group of the same name, in the last week of 2014 signed an agreement for a EUR10 million (RON44 million) loan with Eximbank, for working capital. In the more

7 ian 2015

Dan Sucu, owner of Mobexpert group, estimates the Romanian furniture market, valued at over RON2.5 billion, expanded by 6-7% in 2014 on a “certain deicing” of the real estate market, with the best more

29 dec 2014

Roche Romania, the largest player on the local pharmaceutical market, estimates the industry will register tepid growth, of 2-3%, in 2015. more

29 dec 2014

For two years, 2011 and 2012, wine production was way below the average, therefore production costs went up, wine makers hiked shelf prices and consumers, coping with falling purchasing power, shifted more