Romania

J&J says it has “exhausted all current viable avenues” to get its antidepressant nasal spray Spravato reimbursed on England’s National Health Service, after NICE decided against re-appraising the drug following numerous funding rejections.

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A round-up of the latest appointments in the consumer health and wellness industries: Romanian self-care association elects new board; Sanofi CHC names India head; FSA appoints deputy chair.

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A round-up of the latest appointments in Europe's health and wellness markets: Nestlé Health Science promotes Anna Mohl to CEO; Sanofi Consumer Healthcare names Thomas Bosment Romania country head; Fimea reappoints Eija Pelkonen as director general for another five year term.

Stada has begun work on a facility in Romania into which the German giant is investing more than €50m to bolster the European supply chain.

Consumer health player Ceres will grow its European dietary supplements offering with the acquisitions of Belgium's Labophar and Romania's Dacia Plant.

India's Sun Pharma has expanded the portfolio of its Romanian subsidiary Terapia with the acquisition of the Uractiv urinary tract health brand.

A round-up of the latest European consumer health business news: Romania's Biofarm targets double-digit growth in 2022; Slovenia's Medis strikes deal with Salix for new product launch; and the UK's Theramex acquired by Carlyle and PAI Partners.

Stada is investing nearly €50m in a Romanian supply-chain hub that it says will support future growth for the company, benefiting from its central European location. Meanwhile, the company has also struck medical cannabis deals with German insurers AOK and IKK.

Romania has implemented the EU MDR via a government ordinance that dictates local market access and oversight conditions for medical devices.

The practice of telehealth got the impetus it had long needed during the pandemic, as experiences in Czechia and neighboring economies in eastern Europe show in a regional roundup by Kinstellar.

Latest business news in the EU: Galderma offloads German Bübchen brand to Dallman's; Belgium's Oystershell names experienced CEO; Ceres Pharma snaps up Romania's Viva.

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Companies across Europe are dealing with new challenges stemming from the coronavirus outbreak, particularly with supply issues due to increased demand. This article details the responses of five consumer health players in the region: Reckitt Benckiser, Zentiva, Vitabiotics, Alliance Pharma and BioGaia.

A new study argues that certain procurement methods could be hitting vaccine coverage rates and that wider debate is needed among policy makers, payers and procurers to find more sophisticated purchasing models.

Krka has denied giving its Romanian unit instructions to bribe healthcare professionals, following an internal investigation spurred by media reports of “irregularities” at the subsidiary.

Roche plans to appeal against a penalty imposed by the Romanian competition authorities for implementing strategies that were said to delay the entry of competing biosimilar and generic products.

Roche plans to appeal against a penalty imposed by the Romanian competition authorities for implementing strategies that were said to delay the entry of competing biosimilar and generic products. 

Slovenia’s Krka has responded to media reports of “irregularities” at its Romanian subsidiary – including allegations of bribing local doctors to prescribe its products – by pledging to form a special investigation team to immediately examine the matter.