Hungary

Hungarian drugmaker Gedeon Richter has posted its Q108 operating figures, demonstrating a 8.8% year-on-year (y-o-y) increase in sales to HUF57,026mn (US$352mn). Operating profit also... 2008-05-12

US drugmaker Barr Laboratories has announced that Hungary's leading drugmaker Gedeon Richter will collaborate with it in the production of Germany-based Bayer-Schering's oral contraceptive... 2008-03-27

Hungary's ruling Socialist party has received a severe blow to plans for public finance reform after an overwhelming majority of voters opposed health and university fees in a referendum... 2008-03-11

Other changes to the legislation could see pharmacists being rewarded for encouraging generic substitution. AIPM has criticised the move, saying that it will compromise the professional... 2008-02-14

The controversy surrounding Hungary's health reforms, which seemed to have settled down when parliament finally passed legislation on the reforms in December 2007, has come back to... 2008-01-17

Hungary's parliament has passed its controversial health reform bill, which will allow private business into the health insurance market for the first time. Protests from tens of... 2007-12-21

BMI expects Hungary's OTC market to reach a value of US$0.8bn driven by growing health awareness in the county, increased consumer spending and, more recently, the liberalisation... 2007-12-18

A rift between the main partners in Hungary's coalition government over health reform seems to have been mended although

Schott Pharmaceutical Packaging (SPP), a division of German industrial conglomerate Schott has announced that it will set up its European base in Hungary. The company has... 2007-11-22

Hungarian drugmaker Richter is set to become the largest pharmaceutical firm in the Central & Eastern European region with the purchase of Polish drugmaker Polpharma and Russia's... 2007-11-16