Italy

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

Italian drugmaker Recordati has acquired French-based drugmaker Orphan Europe , a specialist in rare diseases, for EUR135mn (US$190.63mn). Recordati recently announced that it... 2007-10-05

Italian research-based drugmaker

Italian drugmaker

New data released by Italian pharmacy association Federfarma shows that government price cuts, introduced in October last year, are continuing to have an effect on pharmaceutical... 2007-06-06

Italian drugmaker Recordati has reported flat revenues for 2006, with turnover reaching EUR576.2mn (US$757.3mn) form a figure of EUR576.1mn (US$757.2mn) in 2005, primarily due to... 2007-02-20

The Italian Medicines Agency (Agenzia Italiana del Farmaco - AIFA) has added 25 innovative, and therefore expensive medicines, to the Prontuario, its reimbursement list. Ordinarily,... 2006-11-01

In an effort to further constrain its burgeoning healthcare spending, Italy is contemplating a series of reforms including giving more power to doctors, nurses and patients to reduce... 2006-09-05

Following the introduction of legislation that allows over-the-counter (OTC) medications to be sold outside Italian pharmacies for the first time, a leading supermarket chain has... 2006-09-01