Press Review from 06/02/09 to the 09/02/09
Sanofi-Aventis presents its programs
(Les Echos online – February 9, 2009)
Chris Viehbacher, CEO of Sanofi-Aventis, presents his strategy: "12 transformation programs" that focus on R&D activities, expansion into emerging markets, acquisitions and cost cutting.
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The Ticket Map: Regions Divided
(Il Sole 24 Ore: page 1 – 9 February 2009 )
From the annual report of Ceis, the Center for Health Economics of the Tor Vergata University of Rome, a variegated and divided Italy emerges as regards amounts and exemptions on health services. The co-payment on medicines ranges from 0.50 euros in L'Aquila to 4 in Rome. On the specialist almost all the Regions transpose the legislation in the 2007 Finance Act, which sets the ticket per prescription at a maximum of 36.15 euros. The exceptions are Lombardy, Sicily, Sardinia, Friuli and Lazio. Inhomogeneity also for access to the Emergency Department: the record in Friuli, with 9 different tickets. It is estimated that 50-60% of Italians do not pay the ticket.
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E-government plan: online-only recipes by 2010
(Il Sole 24 Ore: p.
