Young researchers from the University of Ljubljana in Slovenia have won all five Grand Krka Awards at the 56th edition of these awards for undergraduate and postgraduate research, presented in Novo Mesto. Four winners are from the Faculty of Pharmacy and one from the Faculty of Medicine.
The winning projects cover drug development, pharmaceutical technology and medicine. The university also received all four special recognitions for outstanding research, awarded to students from the faculties of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Medicine and Biotechnology.
This year’s ceremony conferred 5 grand awards, 5 special recognitions, 50 Krka Awards and 76 Krka recognitions, after a record number of submissions. Over 56 years, 3,431 young researchers have been honoured, and the winners presented their work at the 36th Krka Scientific Symposium.


