Estonia
Industry
Estonia's Health Insurance Fund (EHIF) registered a 15.9% increase in spending on reimbursed medicines during 2007, according the fund's Annual Report 2007. A total of EEK1.12bn...
2008-09-19Industry
The Euro-Canada Health Consumer Index 2008[1] - a cross-comparative index that measures the consumer responsiveness of 29 European healthcare systems plus Canada - highlights some...
2008-09-18Industry
The Estonian government has decided to raise VAT on medicines from 5% to 9%, despite concerns from the pharmaceutical industry that patients will be unfairly burdened with higher...
2008-07-22Industry
Planned amendments to the Estonian pharmaceutical pricing policy will have a severe impact on small wholesalers, according to distributor Oriola. The new policy looks set to place...
2008-06-11Industry
The Estonian drug market should continue to grow strongly in 2008 as the Estonian government decides against cutting drug reimbursement in its supplementary state
2008-05-02Companies
US healthcare firm Cambrex has acquired, through its Swedish subsidiary Cambrex Karlskoga, Estonian active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) producer ProSyntest, as it seeks as to strengthen...
2008-01-16Industry
BMI expects there to be an upsurge in the number of pharmacies in Estonia after the government agreed to lift restrictions on opening new outlets. The move has come as the present...
2007-12-14Industry
According to data from Euro HIV, which is part of the ECDPC, Estonia had 504 new cases of HIV/AIDS per million inhabitants in 2006, compared to the average rate across Europe of 111...
2007-12-03
