Medicine sales went up by 15.5% in the first quarter of 2024 from the year-earlier period, to RON8.15 billion, as retail sales rose by 14.4% and hospital consumption increased by 22.5%, in line with a report by consulting company Cegedim.
RTK International, which has a network of over 3,000 affiliated travel agencies abroad, has entered Romania’s market.
Eviden Romania, part of French group Atos, a major IT&C integrator in Europe, announces the launch of CloudSecOps Center in Timisoara, Romania.
Building materials producer TeraPlast Bistrita, posted RON176.8 million turnover in the first quarter of 2024, up 20% from the year-earlier period, and narrowed losses to RON2.5 million, from RON2.6 million in Q1/2023.
Software and hardware provider Smart ID Dynamics in 2023 registered an annual 10% turnover decline, to RON103.6 million (EUR20.8 million).
Premier Restaurants Romania, the company that operates the over 100-restaurant network of McDonald’s in Romania, in a franchise system, in 2023 registered turnover worth above RON1.7 billion (over EUR350 million), 18% higher than in 2022.
Denmark’s Lego reached RON236 million turnover in Romania in 2023, up 16% from the previous year.
Private hospital Sanonfind of Campina, opened in 2015, ended last year with RON26.5 million turnover, from RON24.5 million in 2022. The company had 158 employees in 2023.
Voluntary private pension funds in Romania (Pillar III) exceeded the threshold of EUR5 billion in net assets managed in March 2024, up 3.1% compared to February 2024, in line with calculations by Ziarul Financiar (ZF) based on data on the platform DesprePensiiPrivate.ro.
UniCredit Group, which holds the seventh largest bank in Romania by assets, ended the first quarter of 2024 with net profit of EUR2.6 billion, up 24% year-over-year, and revenue of EUR6.3 billion, up 7% year-over-year, as per data provided by UniCredit representatives.
Romania's Competition Council approved the transaction through which Intesa Sanpaolo Bank intends to take over First Bank Romania, which is held by US private investment firm J.C. Flowers.
Romania's industrial production prices for the total (domestic market and non-domestic market) decreased by 8% in March 2024 compared to March 2023, with the energy sector seeing the biggest price decline, of 22.5%, data from Romania’s National Statistics Institute INS showed on Tuesday (May 7, 2024).