Gedeon Richter Plc. has announced that it extended its existing licensing agreement with AbbVie, originally dated 2004, for the development and commercialization of its own-developed molecule, cariprazine. The initial agreement covered the territories of the USA and Canada and was extended in 2019 to include certain countries in Latin America. The present agreement further expands […]
The Hungarian pharmaceutical Gedeon Richter Plc. has announced that the European Commission has granted approval for the marketing authorization of the novel combined oral contraceptive containing 15 mg estetrol and 3 mg drospirenone. This decision followed a positive opinion from the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (“CHMP”) of the European Medicines Agency (“EMA”) […]
As the world enters into the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Hungarian pharmaceutical company Gedeon Richter Plc. continues to regularly provide a brief update of its impact on the health and wellbeing of its employees and its operations at large. According to OECD Statistics, global GDP declined by 4.2 % in 2020 due […]
The Switzerland-based pharmaceutical company Roche is going to increase the number of its collaborators in positions creating high added value in its service center located in the Hungarian capital. The 250 new employees will provide support to the subsidiaries of Roche in 60 countries in the fields of finance, purchasing, HR and information technology. Roche […]
A plant built with state subsidy by the pharma company Meditop in Pilisborosjenő, NW of Budapest, was inaugurated this Thursday, It will be here that preparations used to treat coronavirus patients are manufactured and developed. During the inauguration ceremony, Minister of Finance Mihály Varga was of the view that thanks to the Health Support Program, […]
In its 2020 report to the Budapest Stock Exchange, the Hungarian pharmaceutical company Gedeon Richter Plc. states that the company managed to service its customers on time and in full also into the last quarter of the reported year despite a sharp increase in COVID-19 case numbers in its countries of operation. Additional protective measures […]
The Hungarian pharmaceutical company Richter and the Belgian pharma firm Mithra strengthen their partnership with the signing of a license and supply agreement for the commercialization of a novel oral contraceptive to Latin America. Gedeon Richter Plc. and Estetra S.A, the wholly owned subsidiary of Mithra Pharmaceuticals, have announced that they extended their partnership and […]
Hungary's second largest healthcare company, Sanofi, is investing about EUR 22 million euros (approx. HUF 7.9 billion) in its Miskolc plant, increasing its production capacity for pre-filled syringes by 50%. The Hungarian government contributes HUF 1.2 billion to wards the investment. Following the investments of the past years, Sanofi is now launching another significant expansion […]
The foundation stone of a new production facility for Béres Pharmaceuticals was laid this Thursday in Szolnok E Hungary. The Hungarian pharma firm is expanding its activities in Szolnok with an investment of more than HUF 6 billion (which is currently close to EUR 17 million). Finance Minister Mihály Varga announced at the ceremony that […]
Providing medical solutions that improve people’s quality of life on a daily basis, while also constantly working on the innovations of the future – this dual mission of the Swiss multinational healthcare company Roche is also the driving force for the management and staff of the Hungarian subsidiary established back in 1984. Roche is the […]
A three-year price record for the shares of the Hungarian pharmaceutical company Gedeon Richter was broken on Monday: the price rose above HUF 7,300 at the Budapest Stock Exchange. The company is one of the winners of the coronavirus epidemic, it is helped by the weakening of the Hungarian currency, and its sales are not […]
For the first time in history, an original molecule invented by a CEE headquartered pharmaceutical company (Gedeon Richter's Vraylar), reached blockbuster status in the USA in the first half of 2020. "Thanks to the outstanding performance of our trusted partner Abbvie, Vraylar’s turnover exceeded USD 1 billion in Q2, which triggered the receipt of a […]
South Korea-based Samyang Biopharm, specializing in medical devices, has selected Hungary for its first production unit in Europe. The HUF 8.6 billion (EUR 26.2 million) unit, will produce synthetic suture materials and create 55 new jobs in Gödöllő. The Hungarian government contributes about 15% of that amount (HUF 1.3 billion) in non-refundable support. The South […]
Richter's atypical antipsychotic, Reagila, containing the active ingredient cariprazine, was awarded the title of Drug of the Year 2019 by the Hungarian Society for Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology (HUNPHAR). Each year, the prestigious award recognizes the most advanced and effective products that have made a significant breakthrough in the cure of a disease. The award […]
The global quest for effective treatment for the quickly spreading COVID -19 pandemic demands a review and amendment of the regulations on clinical trials carried out on human subjects. To expedite market access to rapid tests, vaccines, and newly developed drugs, both the US FDA and the European Medicines Agency (EMA) have recently published recommendations […]
