Italy

In a move to control the rising costs of healthcare and public expenditure on medicines, the Italian government is to reduce the price of numerous oncology drugs in 2011. The has been... 2010-07-07

In late May 2010, faced with two years of significant budget adjustments, the Italian government stated that four regions would no longer receive development funds because they had... 2010-06-01

Faced with making a EUR27.6bn (US$34.0bn) budget adjustment over the next two years, the Italian government has stated that four regions will no longer receive development funds because... 2010-05-20

BMI Core View: The introduction of government price erosion mechanisms will accelerate across

According to a report published by Rapporto Blossom & Company, Biotechnologie In Italia 2009, the country's biotechnology sector is developing rapidly, with approximately 260... 2010-01-27

Italy's stringent price controls over patented drugs in recent years has stunted market expansion, and the Italian patented drug market recorded a poor compound annual growth rate... 2010-01-22

In late December 2009, Bouty Healthcare announced that it had signed a distribution agreement with Menarini Diagnostics. The five-year contract concerns the European distribution... 2010-01-21