Poland

Poland's leading online pharmacy store DomZdrowia is looking to establish its own chain of stores, following the lead of Europe's biggest online drug retailer, Doc-Morris. Domzdrowia... 2008-10-29

The Polish Ministry of Health's goal of demonopolising the National Health Fund (NFZ) looks to have taken a step forward after the Ministry began an interdepartmental consultation... 2008-08-22

Poland's leading domestic drugmaker, Polpharma, is to buy a 33.3% stake in Bioton for an initial PLN450mn (US$198.9mn), the biotechnology company said on August 15 2008. The deal... 2008-08-19

Poland's Treasury Ministry appears confident that the privatisation of 740 state-owned companies will be completed by 2011, despite the recent announcement that expectations for 2008... 2008-08-13

Strong growth in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) for Sandoz, Novartis' generics division, has made a significant contribution to the generics company's H108 results. In US dollar... 2008-07-24

Puls Biznesu reported that the merger agreement between Polpharma and Gedeon Richter failed after Polpharma's parent Genefar pulled out of their merger agreement.

Hungary's Gedeon Richter has been given the green light from Poland's Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (OCCP) for the acquisition of Polish generics maker Polpharma.... 2008-07-07

Three Polish doctors and six nurses face criminal prosecution in Poland following the deaths of a number of homeless people, who had been subject to trials with an H5N1 candidate... 2008-07-04

Lithuanian pharmaceutical group Sanitas has posted impressive Q108 results, with year-on-year (y-o-y) revenues up by 26% from LTL77.0mn (US$35.3) to LTL96.7mn (US$44.3mn). The group... 2008-06-09

US drugmaker Mylan has exercised its option to acquire Merck KGaA's Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) generics business, expanding its European footprint and gaining access to high... 2008-06-03