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"Germany is not an attractive location for business"

With half-yearly acquisitions between 1999 and 2008 the Icelandic generic drug manufacturer Actavis advanced to become one of the leading forces on the world market. The financial crisis then hit the company with ...more

GENERIC MANUFACTURERS

Dethlefs new general manager at Ratiopharm/Teva

Dr. Sven Dethlefs, previously CEO at Teva Germany, is to become general manager at Ratiopharm. Dethlefs will be responsible for all business ...more

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Phoenix and Celesio neck and neck

Following the sale of the Ratiopharm group and considerable shares in HeidelbergCement, Phoenix is the new core of the Merckle group. Despite the ...more

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Merckle bets on Phoenix

Ludwig Merckle appears optimistic that, following his company's restructuring, he will be able to keep up most of the family empire his father ...more

HUNGARY

Parliament places ban on new pharmacies

The Hungarian government has prohibited the opening of new pharmacies until the end of the year; only municipalities without their own pharmacy ...more

 PHARMACY BRANDS

DocMorris again to appear before the ECJ

DocMorris is again to appear before the European Court of Justice (ECJ). After lawsuits in relation to mail-order and the ban on outside ...more

RUSSIA

The Hexal pharmacy chain

Germany's leading brand of generic drugs also operates as pharmacy chain: In Moscow some 40 "Hexal pharmacies" exist. Eight years ago, when still ...more

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Douglas executive to join Phoenix pharmacies

The Mannheim-based pharmaceuticals trader Phoenix will get outside expertise for its pharmacy operations. From October, Stefan Herfeld will head ...more

HOMECARE PHARMACY

Celesio/Medco target patients

The Stuttgart-based pharmaceutical retailer Celesio will begin cooperations with US health care company Medco. The two companies founded a joint ...more

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50 years of pharmacist representation in Brussels

For half a century the interests of European pharmacists have been represented in Brussels. Around 400 000 pharmacists from 30 countries belong ...more

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