Italian industry paints grim late payment picture
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
Late payments continue to be a major problem in Italy, with the national average standing at 307 days at the end of last April. With a year to go before the EU late payments directive takes effect, the latest findings of the research centre of the Italian medical device, biomedical and diagnostics industry association, Assobiomedica, suggest that all efforts to resolve the situation have so far failed.