Press releases in 2019

10. 12. 2019 |
Today, Lek, a Novartis company, marked Human Rights Day. Throughout the last two decades, Novartis has been consistently reaffirming its commitment to respecting and protecting human rights and freedoms. In such ...
9. 12. 2019 |
On the occasion of the visit by Subodh Deshmukh, Global Head of Product Development at Sandoz, a part of which is also the Development Center in Ljubljana, the first fully ...
5. 12. 2019 |
Lek, which is a part of Novartis, has received the prestigious title of the most reputable employer. This title has been bestowed to Slovenian employers by the recruitment portal MojeDelo.com ...
22. 11. 2019 |
Sandoz, a Novartis division and a leading global company in generics and biosimilars, presents annual awards to their associates for outstanding achievements in research and development. Among this year’s winners, ...
18. 11. 2019 |
The pharmaceutical company Novartis is dictating trends also in contemporary employment. Besides already traditional Novartis Career Breakfast and BioCamp, they have presented a new one, a Novartis business career event. ...
18. 11. 2019 |
The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) celebrates November 18 as an Antibiotic Awareness Day while the World Health Organization holds the whole week, running this year from ...
14. 11. 2019 |
As part of Novartis, one of the leading global pharmaceutical companies, we understand social responsibility as an important part of our business strategy. Corporate social responsibility is therefore embedded in ...
8. 11. 2019 |
World Science Day for Peace and Development is celebrated each year on November 10. Novartis Slovenia marked this internationally celebrated day and organized the Scientists Day with the support of ...
7. 11. 2019 |
At this year’s European Patient Innovation Summit (EPIS), participants discussed the challenges patients are facing in the digital world and the opportunities raised by the digital health. The main topic ...
28. 10. 2019 |
After having been awarded the highest Novartis Scientific Award last year, Lek’s scientist once again received this prestigious Novartis Award for outstanding and sustainable scientific achievements in research and development ...
27. 9. 2019 |
At its meeting in late September, the Supervisory Board of Lek appointed a new Board of Management on the proposal of Robert Ljoljo, President of the Board of Management of Lek ...
26. 9. 2019 |
Today, the Slovenian Chamber of Commerce and Industry bestowed national awards for the best innovations of the year. Lek received two out of eighth golden awards at the national level, ...
25. 9. 2019 |
The World Health Organisation (WHO) ranks migraine as the sixth most disabling illness in the world.3 As many as 90 percent of people with migraine report that they are not ...
9. 9. 2019 |
Today, new development laboratories enabling also demanding solid and sterile dosage forms for cancer treatment to be developed, were opened at the Lek Development Center Slovenia. This investment worth EUR ...
2. 9. 2019 |
On the last day of the summer holidays, children participating at the Funny Olympics and Lek Sunshine Games were filling the air in Maribor with laughter and joy. As part ...
27. 8. 2019 |
Lek Supervisory Board appointed Robert Ljoljo, MSc, MBA, as President of the Management Board of Lek effective September 1, 2019. Mandates of current members of the Management Board have been ...
7. 8. 2019 |
It is Lek’s innovation culture, achievements and ten-year tradition ofenergy management that contributed to the Novartis’ decision to entrust thesites in Slovenia to run a pilot project to implement the ...
20. 6. 2019 |
Novartis in Slovenia raised a rainbow flag in front of its headquarters to mark the Pride month and Pride parade, which will take place in Ljubljana and Maribor. By raising ...
13. 6. 2019 |
Year 2019 has been of particular importance for Lek’s site in Lendava as one of the units – Solids Lendava – is celebrating its the tenth anniversary. Over ten years, ...
4. 6. 2019 |
At the 11th Industrial Forum IRT, a professional event representing Slovenian industry, the most prestigious recognition was awarded for projects created by companies in collaboration with domestic partners from the ...
31. 5. 2019 |
At the Slovenian forum on responsible business practices and human rights in business, seven major Slovenian companies have signed a document pledging respect for human rights in business. The signatories, ...
22. 5. 2019 |
At the ninth consecutive Regional BioCamp, Novartis in Slovenia hosted 35 most talented students of natural sciences and this year, for the first time, also students with a background in ...
20. 5. 2019 |
With yesterday’s reception day held in Ljubljana, the ninth Regional BioCamp commenced, where students of natural sciences and for the first time also students of social sciences came together with ...
26. 4. 2019 |
Zvone Bogdanovski, President of Lek Board of Management will retire end of April 2019. He is working in the company for more than 35 years. After graduating from the Faculty ...
4. 4. 2019 |
From April 10 to May 29, Novartis associates in Slovenia (Lek, Sandoz, Pharmaceuticals and Oncology) will dedicate their time to helping individuals and different organisations across Slovenia – from Lendava ...
1. 3. 2019 |
The project leader Lidija Vraničar Savanovič, PhD from the Development Center Slovenia, received the Sandoz Award for outstanding achievements in 2018 in Athens on behalf of the development team. »Working ...
30. 1. 2019 |
In 2018, Lek delivered strong results against the objectives set. They are strengthening their position in production of drug substances for innovative medicines, as well as in production of several ...
23. 1. 2019 |
Vesna Stergar, PhD, from the Biopharmaceuticals Mengeš, and Dušan Teslić, PhD, from the Development Center Slovenia, have received this year's Prometheus in Science Award for Communication Excellency. They received the ...
16. 1. 2019 |
Sandoz, a Novartis division, today announced the three finalists for the second Sandoz Healthcare Access Challenge (HACk).
3. 1. 2019 |
Today, more than fifty top natural science experts working or studying abroad have gathered at Lek in Mengeš where they learned about the work and challenges in a high-tech pharmaceutical ...