Grindeks on the move

09.07.10 Riga – Latvian pharma manufacturing firm Grindeks has announced it will significantly increase revenues to EUR13.5m this year. Issued in mid-June, the prognosis was based on good sales in eastern European markets in the first... more

Thermo Fisher Scientific makes next move in consolidating market

02.07.10 Vilnius/Waltham – The life sciences tools market is slowly being whittled down to a few major players. At the end of May, Lithuania’s largest lab supplier was the most recent target of an acquisition, when US lab giant Thermo... more

Thermo Fisher grabs Lithuanias's biotech star

04.06.10 Vilnius - Thermo Fisher Scientific has bought buys Fermentas International, one of Lithiania's biggest biotechnology outfits for EUR212 million. Fermentas, with headquarters in Burlington, Canada, and principal operations in... more

A flood of news from Grindeks

13.05.10 Riga – Latvian producer of active pharmaceuticals ingredients Grindeks has baggedEUR4.1m in funding from the European Regional Development Fund to build a new 1,400 m2 plant for the production of ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA). The... more

Sanitas sells production site

12.05.10 Kaunas/Martin – Lithuania’s largest pharmaceutical manufacturer Sanitas AB transferred its ownership in Slovakia’s HBM Pharma sro to the Lat­vian company SIA Liplats 2000 at the end of April. The companies have agreed to transfer... more