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Top ten events on pharmaceutical and medical services markets

Autor: Ioana David

22.12.2010, 23:05 17

The private segment of the drug and private medical servicesindustries has had a good year in 2010. Increases have topped 15%,investments have been completed both in drug plants (in Sibiu) andclinics, while on the state-owned segment, the fire of GiuleştiMaternity Hospital raised questions about the entire health policyof after 1989.
1. The announcement on A&D Pharma's intention to get delistedfrom the LSE, where it had got floated in October 2006, but whereliquidity had been extremely low from the very beginning.
2. The takeover of Euroclinic by CMU. Euroclinic, Romania's firstprivate hospital, was acquired by rival Centrul Medical Unirea(CMU) in autumn, after its shareholders had also been in talks withMedLife and Medicover.
3. Giuleşti Maternity Hospital fire. The fire killed six newborns,but also revealed the system's failure.
4. The flood of projects in the area of private medical services.The main operators are likely to complete projects of above 150meuros by early 2012, a record for the market
5. Exports became Romanian producers' stake. Drug producers boostedexports by around 20% this year, according to ZF estimates, to 100meuros.
6. The pharmaceutical and healthcare services, the most dynamic ofthe economy
7. Mihai Miron's strong comeback in the drug industry
8. Ilie Vonica's investment in a drug plant
9. The first insolvency: Montero
10. Hospital decentralisation

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