12.11.2019

Three in ten pharmacies are part of one of the large networks of several hundred pharmacies in Romania, which bet on expansion through acquisitions in the last few years. The market share of the top more

07.24.2019

eMAG, the largest online store in Romania, intends to develop the range of health and nutrition products sold in 2019, from the more than 14,000 supplements, vitamins and over-the-counter drugs sold more

04.03.2019

Farmacia Tei, a retail pharmacy business held by entrepreneur Roxana Maftei, ended the first quarter of 2019 with 135 million lei (EUR29 million) sales, up 32% on the year-ago period, its officials more

03.28.2019

Ducfarm pharmacy chain, a Romanian-held business with 22 pharmacies in Transylvania, posted 195 million lei (EUR41 million) revenue in 2018, 20% higher than in 2017. The regional retail pharmacy chain more

11.27.2018

Pharmacy chains Catena and Sensiblu, the two largest pharmaceutical retailers in Romania, have introduced private label products in their stores, using the model already implemented by hypermarkets. more

04.18.2018

Pharmaceutical company Ropharma Brasov (RPH.RO), controlled by businessman Mihai Miron, plans to invest nearly RON4.8 million in 2018 in the acquisition of pharmacy licenses. more

03.29.2018

Help Net, the retail pharmacy chain of businessman Ovidiu Buluc, ended 2017 with EUR128 million revenue, an increase of about 8% on 2016, according to ZF’s calculations. The number of pharmacies in more

01.10.2018

Ilfov (which surrounds Bucharest) is the county with the most applications for establishing retail pharmacies of all rural areas, 21, according to Romania’s Health Ministry statistics. more

12.21.2017

Retail pharmacy chain Catena, the largest on the local pharmaceutical market, will end 2017 with almost 2.9 billion lei (EUR626.7 million) revenue, up 12% on 2016. It has 670 pharmacies throughout more

11.01.2017

Pharmaceutical retail chain Tinos, a Bucharest-based family business established 23 years ago, posted almost 26 million lei (EUR6 million) revenue in 2016, up 11% on 2015. The chain has 15 pharmacies more

09.01.2017

Farmacia Ardealul, a family business established in Piatra Neamt (NE Romania) 25 years ago, posted 54 million lei (EUR11.7 million) revenue last year, an increase of about 10% on 2015, and its owners more

05.29.2017

Mediplus, Farmexpert, and Farmexim, three of the largest pharmaceutical wholesalers in Romania, have started partnership programs with independent pharmacies in Romania. They are aiming for 1,800 such more

05.10.2017

Sensiblu, the second leading pharmaceutical retail chain in Romania, ended last year with about 1.7 billion lei (EUR371 million) sales, an increase of 40% on the previous year, while the number of more

04.03.2017

Belladonna retail pharmacy chain held by Romanian entrepreneurs Florin and Alina-Nicoleta Gheorghita opened three new pharmacies in Bucharest in March for a total of 97 and is considering opening some more

03.16.2017

Catena pharmacy chain, the largest pharmaceutical retailer in Romania, will continue to expand its network this year, after having posted more than EUR572 million (2.6 billion lei ) sales last year, more

01.19.2017

Help Net, the fourth leading pharmaceutical retailer, has grown past 200 pharmacies in Romania and its revenue went up 12% to EUR114 million in 2016 year-on-year. The owner of Help Net is Ovidiu more

01.10.2017

Belladonna retail pharmacy chain, held by Romanian entrepreneurs Florin and Alina-Nicoleta Gheorghita, ended 2016 with about 220 million lei (EUR49 million) sales, flat on 2015, generated by 94 more

10.21.2016

Belladonna, a 93-retail pharmacy chain, posted 9% decline in sales in January-September, due to the decline in the number of operational pharmacies by 12% on the year-ago period. more

06.02.2016

Retail pharmacy chain Help Net part of the Farmexim group of businessman Ovidiu Buluc ended last year with 471 million lei (EUR103 million) revenue, up 21% in lei on 2014, according to ZF’s more

05.27.2016

Pharmaceutical retail is the only big market where the top five actors are held by Romanian entrepreneurs, ZF has found from the data companies supplied for the `Cei mai mari jucatori din economie” more

05.11.2016

Retail pharmacy chain Sensiblu is one signature away from buying 73 Reteta pharmacies from the Polisano group, in an attempt to narrow the gap to market leader Catena. more

04.11.2016

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04.06.2016

Dona pharmacy network posted 13% growth in 2015, the company said, despite the rather difficult year for the local pharmaceutical industry after drug prices were set at the lowest level in 12 European more

01.26.2016

Romanians spend more than 15 billion lei (EUR3.3 billion) in pharmacies in Romania every year, almost double as much as they did in 2008, when the local economy peaked, ZF has calculated based on the more

01.07.2016

Catena pharmacy network, the retail business of the Fildas group of entrepreneur Anca Vlad, ended 2015 with more than 550 pharmacies, compared with 500 at the beginning of the year. more