The online sale of pharmaceutical products in Romania has been on the rise in recent years.

1 April 2020 – Aiming to alleviate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Romanian Senate has approved on 31 March 2020 a draft law introducing a temporary price ceiling...

Two months from now, the sale of flavoured heated tobacco products will be banned in Romania. Recent legislative changes aimed at aligning the country's laws...

A new law meant to fight food waste in Romania came into force in late May but is now inapplicable, as its provisions are unclear and application norms have yet to be published.

The new Law 28/2020, recently promulgated by the President of Romania and pending publication in the Official Gazette, squeezes in several amendments to the Food Trade Law 321/2009.

April 2025 – On 24 April 2025, the Belgian Competition Authority ("BCA") announced that it had imposed fines...

A hot summer laid on the pharma market, with new political, business or legal issues added to the chronical issues still unsettled and put significant pressure on all market players, ...

In April 2016 the Romanian Parliament passed a law which includes additional requirements for labelling fresh milk for consumption and dairy products (the "Law").

According to Government Decision 734/2010 regulating the organisation and functioning of the National Agency for Medicines and Medical Devices, the agency is the main body responsible for supervising and controlling the medicine and medical devices market.

With growing expectations of a global recession generated by the COVID-19 pandemic, avoiding disruptions to the food supply chain and food production continues to be a priority.

Competition and regulatory authorities across Europe are showing renewed vigilance toward the pharmaceutical sector—a field shaped by the intersection of competition law...

Due to favourable evolution of the Covid-19 pandemic in Romania, the authorities have replaced starting with today, 15 May 2020, the state of emergency with the state of alert for a period of 30 days.

The Ministry of Health has adopted a set of rules for quantifying and monitoring the fulfilment of public service obligation.

August 2025 – A new funding opportunity in Romania—the DR-23 Investments for the Processing of Agricultural Products Aid Scheme—has been launched following its publication in the Official Gazette...

Relatively recently, the RCC released its final report on the second sector inquiry into the Romanian pharma market, while other investigations on the market relating to potential breaches...

As Romania became part of the European Community since January 1st, 2007, new regulation regarding protecting the industrial property came into force.

One recent legal development in the pharmaceutical field is the change of methodology for establishing prices for medicinal products which are totally or partially paid for by the social security system.