Mlada fronta Dnes: Czech scientists make breakthrough medical research in virology

Scientists at Prague's Organic Chemistry and Bio-Chemistry Institute have made a breakthrough in medical research into virology, Mlada fronta Dnes newspaper reports. In cooperation with colleagues from Belgium and the United States, they have come up with medical treatment that can facilitate and in some cases save the lives of people with serious viral diseases. The medication works with minimal side effects but the pharmaceutical company that is acquiring the licence is reluctant to introduce it on the market. Competition from less-effective but already established medication would be too strong, the paper writes.