Italy

An increasing foreign presence for Italy's Recordati has helped limit the impact of a stagnant domestic market and post positive pharmaceutical sales results for H108, up by 10.0%... 2008-08-01

Dutch citizens are the most satisfied with the workings of their healthcare system, according to a recent survey by Harris Interactive. Of the 10 developed countries canvassed, the... 2008-07-09

New GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) CEO Andrew Witty has reaffirmed the company's commitment to developing innovative therapies, and dispelled rumours that a foray into the generics industry... 2008-07-08

Nello Martini, director-general of the Italian medicines agency, AIFA, has been suspended from his post for two months as a result of the ongoing pay-for-approval scandal in Italy.... 2008-06-25

New GlaxoSmithKline CEO Andrew Witty has put forward plans for the company's strategy, with a combination of more focused research strategies and a diversification of interests. Witty,... 2008-06-17

Italian drugmaker

The European market for oral contraceptives and arbortificants could be affected by moves in both Ireland and Italy to relax laws governing these products. However, as both countries... 2008-02-28

The Italian medical devices market was worth approximately US$6.0bn in 2007 and should reach a value of US$7.3bn in 2012. This represents a compound average growth rate of about 4%,... 2008-02-26

Drug spending in Italian retail pharmacies is continuing to fall, as government austerities bite into revenues. Figures from Italian pharmacy federation Federfarma, show a fall in... 2007-11-30

Italy's health minister Livia Turco has claimed that the government is planning to scrap prescription charges for drugs in 2008, increasing access to medicines, but also potentially... 2007-10-18