Notino has decided to expand its offer with health-related products. In November, the first Notino pharmacy will open in the Czech Republic, where, in addition to cosmetics and dermocosmetics, customers will be able to buy medicines. In the future, the company would like to start selling medicines in every country in which Notino operates. The…
The increasing number of severe cases of COVID-19 patients is placing a significant burden on medical facilities in Poland. The defeat of the pandemic is to ensure the universality of vaccinations. Therefore, Universal Vaccination Points, drive-thru centres are being set up in Poland, and the government is also announcing vaccination in pharmacies and workplaces. We…
Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK) has received an application for permission to acquire control of a large pharmacy chain – Euro-Apteka. As part of the concentration, DOZ will become their owner. Will there be an approval from the UOKiK… In the announced transaction, DOZ SA wants to take control over Euro-Apteka sp. z…
Jeronimo Martins Drogerie and Farmacja, which operates a chain of drugstores under the Hebe brand and a pharmacy chain under the Hebeapteka brand, announced the closure of the pharmaceutical business. As a result, the pharmacy chain is closing down and 290 people will lose their jobs with it. Pharmacy sales without economies of scale The…
The Romanian pharmacy chain Belladonna sold approximately 50 pharmacies to the Slovak-Czech investment group Penta Investments. The acquisition was approved at the beginning of March by the Romanian Competition Office. The recent acquisition of Penta sealed its impressive entry into this market and its position as the second largest network in the country. Moreover, the…
Association of Entrepreneurs and Employers informed that over the past four years the number of general pharmacies operating in Poland has decreased by more than 10% or 1,400 units. Only in the period 4-14 December seventeen more pharmacies closed in the country, cutting the total number of operating units to 11,947. The Association of Entrepreneurs and Employers maintains that…
1.9 million Poles have already downloaded mojeIKP application, a free mobile application that gives users access to some of the features of the Patient Online Account. mojeIKP will get a new feature in the coming weeks: the coronavirus test result. In May 2021, Centrum e-Zdrowie released the mojeIKP smartphone application. According to the institution’s spokespeople,…
Sanofi-Aventis has appointed Agnieszka Grzybowska-Zalewska to the position of CEO. Previously, since 2013, she served as CEO of Sanofi Genzyme in Poland, one of Sanofi’s core business units. Magdalena Kruszewska, previously CEO of Sanofi in Poland, moves to the global structure. Magdalena Kruszewska, who has been promoted to head the newly created Central and Southern…
The President of the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK) has authorised the takeover of Euro-Apteka, Super Zdrowie and MLV18 by DOZ, on condition that the chain sells one of its pharmacies. This decision was dictated by compliance with the provisions of the Competition and Consumer Protection Act. The conditional consent to the acquisition…
Zago Capital, a newly-established polish investment group with a focus on wellness, fitness, personal care, organics, nutrition, dietary supplements, micro-biome and cosmetic products, is planning to raise €100m by mid-2023. The fund now already has 10-15% of this amount. Most of the funds will be most likely invested in Poland, where it receives the most applications – the company is targeting…
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