Interview with Gabor Somlyai, Managing Director, HYD LLC.
You founded HYD almost 20 years ago, in 1992. Can you first explain to our readers why you made the switch from doing research at the Hungarian Institute of Oncology…
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Tel: +36-1-463-8100
Web: http://www.merck.hu/hu/index.html
Merck Kft. is a subsidiary of Merck AG., representing all businesses of Merck in Hungary, distributes its Chemicals directly to its customers/endusers, and distributes all pharma products via wholesalers to pharmacies or hospitals.
Established in 1991 with a nominal capital stock of 5 Million DM.
Adapting to the market claims in 1996 we obtained the classifications ISO 9001:2000 for the chemical divisions.
We integrated with some temporary exceptions the Serono business in 01. 01. 2008.
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