Bulgaria

BMI View: The increase in Bulgaria's health insurance fund goes against the trend in other European countries, where governments are either freezing public healthcare expenditure or... 2010-07-22

BMI View: Bulgaria's over-the-counter (OTC) medicine market should pick up in 2010, following a major deceleration in 2009. Nevertheless, prolonged economic troubles and a maturing... 2010-05-06

Bulgaria's pharmaceutical trade balance is largely in favour of imports, a situation that is reflective of the country's historically minimal manufacturing base and ever-improving access... 2010-05-04

BMI has introduced greater clarity to its core views for the Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare. Short-term core views concern the period through to the end of the 2011-2013 patent cliff,... 2010-03-15

Pharmaceutical sales in Bulgaria grew by 8.1% to BGN1.72bn (US$1.25bn) in 2009, according to data released by primary market research firm IMS Health. The expansion, which was only... 2010-02-19

Private health insurance funds look set to gain access to public resources for supplementary medical care, under amendments to Bulgaria's Law on Health Insurance. Long-awaited reforms... 2010-02-02

BMI believes that proposed amendments to Hungary's reimbursement system will place substantial pressure on manufacturers of patented treatments and severely ill patients. Draft amendments... 2010-02-01