Fresenius Kabi Polska wants to solidify market leadership position

…said. In Poland, Fresenius Kabi Polska also sells medical devices and medicines manufactured at other Fresenius Kabi plants. In 2015 (latest data available) Fresenius Kabi Polska generated sales revenues of PLN 365m (€87m), which represented an annual increase of 6%.   »

Medicover opens new pharmacies

…Medicover to 13 units. They are located at select Medicover centres, forming an integral part of our comprehensive care programme. The remaining Medicover pharmacies are in Krakow, Poznan and Gdansk. At the end of 2016 Medicover operated 71 clinics in Poland, including 31 Medicover centres. »

President signs off on medical marijuana law

President Andrzej Duda on 20 July signed into law legislation that gives patients access to drugs derived from cannabis. The law will come into effect three months after its publication. Under the law – an amendment to the Narcotics addiction prevention act and the Reimbursement Act… »

Mabion to receive PLN 30m for new drug project

…biotechnology drug through development of an innovative IgG1 monoclonal antibody with reduced content of disadvantageous glycoforms compared to the reference product, targeted against EGFR”. Its total value is PLN 40m (€9m), and the NCBR agreed to contribute about 70% of that. »

LUX MED invests in new diagnostic facility

…magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) centre in Warsaw. It is located at the LUX MED medical centre at Wisniowy Business Park, which is the largest medical centre in the company’s nationwide portfolio, with 50 consulting, treatment and diagnostic rooms over nearly 3,000 m2 of space.   »

EuroApteka’s owner to sell the business

…was finally enacted earlier this year, banning pharmacy chains from adding new stores, however legal experts have reportedly found ways to sidestep the rules, and if the EuroApteka sale succeeds, it could precipitate further consolidation in the Polish pharmacy sector, according to Puls Biznesu. »

Celon Pharma to begin Salmex sales in Central America

…form – on new markets containing over 22 million people, after it received marketing authorisations in Guatemala and Salvador. The drug will be marketed under the name Ventiflu Discus. The authorisations were obtained by Celon’s local partner Agencia Farmaceutica Internacional. »

Ziko Apteka continued to expand in Q2

…and Sosnowiec during the quarter. The company also continued to develop Ziko Dermo, the cosmetics store concept, which shares sites with its pharmacies. It opened two more Ziko Dermos on the Warsaw market, and introduced the concept to Lubartow (Lubelskie). Ziko has about 150 locations. »

Centrum Medyczne HCP to open PLN 41m psychiatric care facility

…entity (SP ZOZ) into a non-public provider (NZOZ). It has 12 wards, more than 30 outpatient clinics and extensive diagnostic facilities. It is included in the Ministry of Health’s hospital network. Its NFZ contract for the first six months of 2017 was worth over PLN 61m (€14.m). »

Farmacol underperformed wholesale market in Q1

…grew by 4.3% over this period and the wholesale hospital market by 6.5%, according to IMS Health. The segment Wholesale recorded a 58% jump in its net profit to PLN 12m (€2.8m). Wholesale contributed more than 92% of Farmacol’s consoldiated sales revenues in Q1 2017. »