Top ten events on pharmaceutical and medical services markets

The private segment of the drug and private medical services industries has had a good year in 2010. Increases have topped 15%, investments have been completed both in drug plants (in Sibiu) and clinics, while on the state-owned segment, the fire of Giulești Maternity Hospital raised questions about the entire health policy of after 1989.
1. The announcement on A&D Pharma’s intention to get delisted from the LSE, where it had got floated in October 2006, but where liquidity had been extremely low from the very beginning.
2. The takeover of Euroclinic by CMU. Euroclinic, Romania’s first private hospital, was acquired by rival Centrul Medical Unirea (CMU) in autumn, after its shareholders had also been in talks with MedLife and Medicover.
3. Giulești 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 150m euros by early 2012, a record for the market
5. Exports became Romanian producers’ stake. Drug producers boosted exports by around 20% this year, according to ZF estimates, to 100m euros.
6. The pharmaceutical and healthcare services, the most dynamic of the 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