No development medicine, no cutting-edge medicine, say experts

Ljubljana, 4 September - There is no cutting-edge medicine without development medicine, but the latter is often neglected and lacks systemic regulation in Slovenia, several experts agreed at a roundtable debate in Ljubljana on Wednesday. Society should put pressure on decision-makers to promote development medicine, they said.

Ljubljana Debate on efforts to promote cutting-edge medicine. Photo: Bor Slana/STA

Ljubljana
Debate on efforts to promote cutting-edge medicine.
Photo: Bor Slana/STA

Ljubljana From left to right: UKC Ljubljana Director General Marko Jug, Mojca Matičič, a specialist in infectology and internal medicine, University of Ljubljana Rector Gregor Majdič, Ljubljana Faculty of Medicine Dean Igor Švab. Photo: Bor Slana/STA

Ljubljana
From left to right: UKC Ljubljana Director General Marko Jug, Mojca Matičič, a specialist in infectology and internal medicine, University of Ljubljana Rector Gregor Majdič, Ljubljana Faculty of Medicine Dean Igor Švab.
Photo: Bor Slana/STA

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