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Actavis Inc began trading on the New York Stock Exchange

Wed, 30 Jan 2013 11:12:00 GMT

Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc, Actavis EAD and Actavis Operations mother Company accepted Actavis Inc. as its new global name and began trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the new symbol - ACT. The company has started a long-term campaign for re-br...

Razgrad: US Watson Pharmaceuticals finalized the acquisition of Actavis for EUR 4.25 B

Mon, 05 Nov 2012 10:38:00 GMT

Watson Pharmaceuticals, a US generic drugmaker, has finalized the acquisition of Actavis, which is the biggest producer of medications in Bulgaria. The deal price has been set at EUR 4.25 B. The acquisition creates the world`s third largest generic pharm...

Kazanluk: The pharmaceutical producer Sopharma swallowed Kazanlak-based "Bulgarian Rose Sevtopolis"

Thu, 01 Nov 2012 12:43:00 GMT

Major Bulgarian pharmaceutical producer Sopharma has swallowed "Bulgarian Rose Sevtopolis", a local producer of pills. The paperwork for the merger has been submitted to Bulgaria`s Financial Supervision Commission. Bulgarian Rose Sevtopolis (based in tow...

The majority of adult Bulgarians have not visited a dentist in the past year

Mon, 08 Oct 2012 11:21:00 GMT

The majority of adult Bulgarians visited a dentist for the last time more than a year ago. The data came from the nationally representative survey TNS BBSS on the topic, conducted for Klassa newspaper at the end of the summer holidays. Although exper...

Razgrad: Huvepharma with new plant for Biotechnologies and pharmaceuticals in Razgrad

Wed, 20 Jun 2012 11:06:00 GMT

Huvepharma via its subsidiary Biovet ended construction of its new plant for Biotechnologies and pharmaceuticals on its production site in Razgrad . Official opening ceremony is to take place on 21 June 2012. The investment is assessed to EUR 30 million...

Sofia: Changes in the board of directors at the University Multiprofile Hospital for Active Treatment and Emergency Medicine in Sofia

Tue, 19 Jun 2012 10:50:00 GMT

There will be personnel changes in the board of directors at the Pirogov University Multiprofile Hospital for Active Treatment and Emergency Medicine (UMHATEM) by the end of the week, promised Minister of Health Desislava Atanasova on Monday. The chan...

Bulgaria Health news Jun, 2012

Mon, 11 Jun 2012 10:35:00 GMT

In 2011 National Health-Insurance Fund used wisely, 64% of funds for medicines for original products that treat fewer patients versus 34% for generics, which does cover a wide range of those in need. Actavis as the biggest Bulgarian pharmaceutical compan...

Simeon Dyankov and health ministry officials: The European Commission was not investigating Sopharma

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 11:03:00 GMT

According to finance minister Simeon Dyankov and health ministry officials, the European Commission was not investigating Sopharma, as Brussels-based newspaper New Europe had earlier announced. That news was promptly circulated in Bulgaria by the media gro...

Less young Bulgarians with new HIV infections

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 11:50:00 GMT

The number of young Bulgarians newly infected with HIV decreased this year, announced the Ministry of Health. A decrease is being reported for the first time. By mid-November, 63 young people (aged 17 to 29) with AIDS had been registered in Bulgaria, or...

The bacteria Escherichia coli not found on Bulgarian market

Tue, 31 May 2011 01:43:00 GMT

" The bacteria Escherichia coli has not been found in the samples of products grown in the EU countries, " announced experts from the Bulgarian Agency for Food Safety (BABH) yesterday. The inspectors from BABH examined fruits and vegetables stemming from t...

National Chamber of Pharmacists: Fixed final prices for all medicines in Bulgaria

Mon, 09 May 2011 12:08:00 GMT

Fixed final prices should be introduced for all medicines and competition between pharmacies should be stopped, the National Chamber of Pharmacists insisted yesterday. The branch organisation proposed that the number of pharmacies should be limited by leg...

35 life saving medicines available again to patients in Bulgaria

Tue, 15 Mar 2011 10:52:00 GMT

Some 35 live saving drugs that have not been imported in Bulgaria over the past four years, would be again available to patients in the country by April. This was announced yesterday by officials from the Ministry of Health. The medications are for tre...

Vidin: Health Ministry closes 4 hospitals in Vidin, Sliven, Mursalevo and Kiten

Wed, 02 Feb 2011 10:48:00 GMT

Four hospitals were not granted licenses to operate by the Ministry of Health (MH) and will close down, was announced yesterday. The MH has issued licenses to 297 out of total of 312 hospitals that applied for re-registration. The documents of another 11...

Change in the financing of the Emergency Medical Aid at hospitals

Mon, 13 Dec 2010 14:13:00 GMT

(2f76919583d940b0b376ce5fae2c63dd) " The budget of the Emergency Medical Aid Services will be cut almost by half in 2011 ," Deputy Minister of Health Dr. Mihail Zortev announced yesterday. " The reason is that about 900,000 people passed through the emerg...

Dental tourism in Bulgaria

Tue, 26 Oct 2010 02:20:00 GMT

Bulgaria offers extremely good opportunities for dental tourism and we will work for officially offering this service from next year on, was the comment of tour operators who currently prepare the offers for foreign tourists for the next winter season. T...

Sopharma already controls 31% in Unipharm

Fri, 22 Oct 2010 11:29:00 GMT

Bulgarian drug maker Sopharma said in a regulatory filing that it has increased to 31.25% its interest in peer Unipharm, without specifying particulars of the deal. The move is part of the company`s efforts for consolidation within its group as in early...

Hospitals filed suits for amounts owed by the National Health Insurance Fund

Tue, 05 Oct 2010 06:00:00 GMT

More than half of Bulgaria `s hospitals have filed suits for amounts owed by the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF), the state institution that collects and distributes the mandatory health care insurance contributions, the head of the union of doctors...

Bulgarians are paying too much for their medicines

Sat, 11 Sep 2010 20:35:00 GMT

Bulgarians are paying too much for their medicines, stated Saturday representatives of the Bulgarian Association of Research-Based Pharmaceutical Manufacturers. According to their data, Bulgarian citizens are paying about 64% of the price of medicines,...

Brestovene: Case of Antrax in village of Brestovene

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 14:39:00 GMT

The Bulgarian National Veterinary-Medical Service confirmed Tuesday that the anthrax sample from the village of Brestovene was positive. The anthrax alarm was raised after six sheep have died in the village of Brestovene , near the northern Bulgarian ...

Sofia: 135 people are needed for the Sofia Emergency Aid Centre

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 00:42:00 GMT

" We need an additional 25-26 teams for the Sofia Emergency Aid Centre but, in order to meet the requirements for a European capital, we must have some 100 teams at our disposal ," said Dr. Georgi Gelev, Director of the Sofia Emergency Aid Centre. He e...

Dryanovo: The hospitals in Dryanovo, Elena, General Toshevo, Sredets, Lyubimets, and Radomir become centres for post-hospital treatment

Wed, 18 Aug 2010 14:29:00 GMT

Six municipal hospitals will certainly become centres for post-hospital treatment, according to a supplement to the Concept for Hospital Restructuring, published on the website of the Health Ministry. The medical establishments in Dryanovo , Elena , Gen...

Over 300 pharmacies in Bulgaria may be closed down

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:08:00 GMT

Over 300 pharmacies in Bulgaria may be closed down, if Regulation 28 of the Ministry of Health (MH) is not amended, stated yesterday the President of the Association of Pharmacy Owners, Nikolay Kostov. He added that the Regulation had been adopted in 200...

Sofia: The President and the 1st Lady visited Alexandrovska university hospital's eye clinic in Sofia

Tue, 01 Jun 2010 22:00:00 GMT

President Georgi Purvanov and First Lady Zorka Purvanova visited Tuesday the children`s department of the Alexandrovska university hospital`s eye clinic in Sofia on the occasion of June 1, International Children`s Day. The clinic has been outfitted with...

Private Health Funds to allocate about BGN 400 mln

Thu, 25 Mar 2010 20:10:00 GMT

Private health funds will distribute about BGN 400 mln after joining the second pillar of the health insurance system in 2011, stated experts for Klassa yesterday. The money will come from the 2% increase in insurance contributions, if a decision is made f...

National protest of municipal and private hospitals

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:55:00 GMT

Heads of municipal and private hospitals will launch a national protest if the Government fails to meet their demands for immediate legislative amendments which must place all hospitals in a favorable competitive environment. This was announced yesterday b...