HUNGARY:
Bailout for Drug Research Institute
Richard Stone
After the fall of the Iron Curtain, many Eastern European researchers abandoned their labs to find better jobs. Now a U.S. investment company and three partners have acquired a majority stake in a drug research institute in Budapest, Hungary, specializing in drugs for cardiovascular and central nervous system diseases. The companies hope to both develop the institute's own candidate drugs and serve Western drug firms looking for a way to test their products at lower cost.