Appointment

Magyosz chair

In early June, the Hungarian National Association of Drugmakers (Magyosz) elected István Hodász as its general chairman. Hodász is CEO and managing director of the Egis Pharmaceuticals Plc, a unit of France's Servier.

He replaces Erik Bogsch, the CEO of Gedeon Richter, who held the post for ten years.

Hodász, who according to Bloomberg graduated as a pharmacist from Semmelweis University and holds and MBA from Budapest Universits of Economics, worked for GlaxoSmithKline and Sanofi in the past. He joined Egis in 2006.