Poland

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

Germany's Bayer group has forecast strong year-on-year growth in Romanian for 2008, which could take overall business revenues beyond EUR90mm (US$140mn). Bayer Romania's general manager,... 2008-06-02

In a further sign of the pro-generic policy being imposed by the Polish government, the recently formed list of drugs eligible for reimbursement contains no new innovative medicines.... 2008-05-28

Poland's national health insurance fund (NFZ) has uncovered severe corruption in the health service involving counterfeit prescriptions, which could cost the fund PLN12mn (US$5.29mn)... 2008-03-14

Dutch pharmaceutical wholesaler and distributor OPG is looking to expand its pharmacy network in Poland despite the challenging conditions in 2007. OPG currently owns around 400... 2008-03-03