Press releases in 2016

12. 12. 2016 |
»For many years we have been committed to creating a work environment in which our employees would feel good and can effectively balance their professional and private life. At Lek, ...
6. 12. 2016 |
On today's formal sitting of the senate of the University of Ljubljana, Vojmir Urlep, President of the Board of Management of Lek and Novartis Country President, Slovenia, received a plaque ...
30. 11. 2016 |
Lek the first and the oldest modern pharmaceutical company in Slovenia was officially founded on 31 October 1946, the then Federal National Institute for Medical Production, Ljubljana, changed its name to »Lek ...
22. 11. 2016 |
Yesterday Prof. Zdenko Časar, PhD, Head Prototype Analytics at Lek Development Center received the Puh Certificate of Recognition for his exceptional work. 
20. 10. 2016 |
Lek Pharmaceuticals, a Sandoz company, received the TOP 10 Education Management Award 2016 for the 14th time in a row, ranking itself once again among the ten best custodians of ...
19. 10. 2016 |
Sandoz, the Novartis generic and biosimilar pharmaceutical division,  today announces the launch of Sandoz HACk - Healthcare Access Challenge - a global competition to generate innovative ideas and solutions to ...
21. 9. 2016 |
On the occasion of this year’s Innovation Day, the Slovenian Chamber of Commerce and Industry bestowed national awards for the most innovative companies, as well as for innovators within companies ...
31. 8. 2016 |
New data just published in a leading medical journal shows for the first time that the rate of treatment persistence for patients using the innovative Sandoz respiratory inhaler with combined ...
30. 8. 2016 |
Novartis today opened the 13th International Biotechnology Leadership Camp (BioCamp). Over the course of three days more than 60 selected students from international universities will discuss and explore with biotechnology ...
27. 8. 2016 |
Today, the centre of Maribor was filled with children having fun at the Funny Olympics and Lek Sunshine Games to celebrate the end of the summer holidays. As part of ...
6. 7. 2016 |
Today, at the Mengeš site of Lek, a Sandoz company, the first production facility in Slovenia for drug substances for innovative drug products was officially opened in the presence of ...
10. 6. 2016 |
For the third year running, Lek, a Sandoz company, has been participating at Sciencetival, a festival of science and adventures, organized by the House of Experiments. This year, Zlatko Pflaum, ...
8. 6. 2016 |
On the occasion marking the 70th anniversary of the National Institute of Chemistry, prizes for outstanding achievements in science were bestowed on tuesday, June 7. Zdenko Časar, Ph.D., from the ...
25. 5. 2016 |
Yesterday evening Lek, a Sandoz company, concluded the Regional BioCamp 2016 by announcing the winners. Among the 35 most promising science students from the region, Nika Anžiček, from Cambridge University, ...
23. 5. 2016 |
Once again, 35 top science students from the region will gather from 22 to 24 May at the Regional BioCamp, organized by Lek, a Sandoz company, for the sixth consecutive ...
9. 5. 2016 |
In 2015, Novartis reached a decision to sell its real estate assets not vital for the company’s core industry in a phased approach. In accordance with the new facility management ...
31. 3. 2016 |
Today, a central part of the volunteering activities that Lek, a Sandoz company, has been organizing for the 12th year running as part of the global Novartis volunteering initiative Community ...
9. 3. 2016 |
For the fifth time in a row, the recruitment portal MojeDelo.com has conducted a survey about the reputation of Slovenian employers. As in previous years, this year again Lek, a ...
3. 3. 2016 |
The pharmaceutical company Sandoz, a part of which is Lek, has won the first place in the category »The Best Ideas Management in Germany«, an award, bestowed by the German ...
15. 2. 2016 |
Sandoz, together with leading global charity World Child Cancer (WCC), is pleased to announce a new health initiative in the Philippines, aimed at improving the standard of care for children ...
4. 2. 2016 |
The Deloitte Company awarded the pharmaceutical company Lek, a Sandoz company, a certificate for creating a successful sustainability report for the first time in Slovenia. At the end of last ...
31. 1. 2016 |
On World Leprosy Day 2016, the Novartis Foundation calls for a greater global commitment to the fight against leprosy to support efforts towards zero transmission of the disease and to ...
21. 1. 2016 |
Today, Biopharmaceuticals Mengeš, a key pillar of Sandoz and Novartis biopharmaceuticals, officially opened new laboratories for the development of final dosage form for biosimilars, quality control and biopharmaceuticals technical development. ...
15. 1. 2016 |
Katarina Klemenc, Darja Ferčej Temeljotov and Zdenko Časar from Lek, a Sandoz company received the “Prometheus in Science Award for Communication Excellency” on Thursday, January 14, 2016. The Slovenian Scientific ...
8. 1. 2016 |
Today, the Mengeš site of Lek, a Sandoz company, opened its door to local residents. With the development of research and production activities, the Mengeš site has strengthened enormously in ...