Exports of Hungarian pharmaceutical companies still dominate with domestic sales only accounting for HUF 159 bln of the total, Ilku told the daily.

Despite the falling revenues, R&D costs are on the rise – reaching HUF 68 bln – which is problematic, as the pharmaceutical sector’s chief source of funding for R&D is profit. For further details on the pharmaceutical sector’s actual stance in Hungary check the latest issue of Budapest Business Journal.

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