Industry Developments

Albania's Finance Minister, Ridvan Bode, has claimed that that health expenditure will increase at roughly double the rate of GDP growth in 2008, reaching a total value of ALL31bn... 2008-01-04

Belarussian Healthcare Minister Vasily Zharko has announced that two more good manufacturing practice (GMP) certificates have been awarded to indigenous firms.

Russia is attempting to fill gaps in health coverage across the country through the use of medical trains equipped with telemedicine capabilities. Due to the size of the country,... 2008-01-02

Hungary's parliament has passed its controversial health reform bill, which will allow private business into the health insurance market for the first time. Protests from tens of... 2007-12-21

A tender for the use of public health facilities in the Czech Republic has caused some commentators to raise fears about privatisation. The opposition Social Democrat party (ESSD)... 2007-12-20

BMI expects Hungary's OTC market to reach a value of US$0.8bn driven by growing health awareness in the county, increased consumer spending and, more recently, the liberalisation... 2007-12-18

Latvia's Health Ministry has accused some drugmakers of selling their products at higher prices in the country than in other European Union states.

BMI expects there to be an upsurge in the number of pharmacies in Estonia after the government agreed to lift restrictions on opening new outlets. The move has come as the present... 2007-12-14

The auction system for Russia's state reimbursement programme, the DLO, has come under fire again, with the healthcare council of a workers organisation, the ARPO, claiming that some... 2007-12-13

Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev has claimed that the country's health expenditure has increased 12 times since the country gained independence in1991. As shown in