Italy

The recently introduced legislation allowing the sale of non-prescription medicines outside pharmacies in Italy has failed to produce immediate benefits for patients, according to... 2006-08-22

Mid-sized Italian pharmaceutical company Zambon is restructuring its Brazilian operations, as it looks to improve its position on the local market. The company is expanding its activities... 2006-08-14

Brazilian generics company EMS Sigma Pharma and Monteresearch - an Italian drug delivery firm - have entered into R&D agreement covering bioequivalent generics. EMS paid Monteresearch... 2006-07-13

Signalling a potential end to Italian pharmacies' monopoly on selling over-the-counter (OTC) medicines, the President of FederAnziani, Roberto Messina, is calling for the sale of... 2006-07-13

The European Commission (EC) is to take Italy to the court of justice on account of restrictions applied to the ownership of retail pharmacies. According to the commission, the Italian... 2006-07-07

Italy's largest pharmaceutical company - Recordati - lost over 10% of its market valuation and had its shares temporarily suspended after it emerged that three of its senior executives... 2006-07-04

European active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) manufacturers are set to lose market share to Asian counterparts in the near future, with India due to supplant Italy as the second... 2006-05-24

The Italian medicines agency - Agenzia Italiana del Farmaco - is calling for proposals for funding from researchers. Priority will be given to potential pharmaceuticals that address... 2006-05-12

UK firm Bespak is ramping up production of Italian company Chiesi Farmaceutica's new dry powder inhaler (DPI) - Next - ahead of pivotal, late-stage clinical trials of the device for... 2006-05-12

Croatian firm Pliva has sold its German production division - AWD.pharma - to Italian company Menarini. The high cost of doing business in Germany has been cited as the reason for... 2006-05-05