Industry Developments

Unlike their Central European neighbours, Czech patients are being denied access to modern pharmaceuticals because they cost too much, much to the annoyance of patient groups and... 2006-07-19

Representing one of the first significant investments in the life sciences sector in South Eastern Europe, the Croatian government has formalised it backing for Swiss-US consortium... 2006-07-17

Potentially exasperating the growing HIV/AIDS epidemic in the country, Russia has admitted that it is suffering a shortage of highly active antiretroviral therapeutics (HAARTs) as... 2006-07-14

Russia's Federal Agency for Industry is proposing to establish a public-private partnership (PPP) to develop innovative medicines for improving the nation's health and for export,... 2006-06-29

The recently introduced system of electronic prescriptions in the Czech Republic has been criticised for being poorly conceived and unpractical. Following in the footsteps of the... 2006-06-29

Following the victory of the centre-left Smer party in the recent Slovakian general election, it appears that many of the reforms instigated by the defeated right-wing Slovak Democratic... 2006-06-29

US firm Barr Pharmaceuticals is set to acquire Croatia generic company Pliva for US$2.2bn, which will create a powerful, global pharmaceutical company that has its sights on the booming... 2006-06-28

Certain Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries have scored better than their Western European counterparts in a consumer healthcare value for money survey, despite the region... 2006-06-27

Russia has launched a fresh offensive against counterfeit pharmaceuticals after a local television programme highlighted the increasingly prevalent problem. The lower chamber of Russia's... 2006-06-23

Latvia's reimbursement budget for this year has been increased by 40% to EUR61mn (US$77mn), indicating that the country's drugs market is maturing quicker than expected. However,... 2006-06-23