Štěpán Svačina, Chairman of the Czech Medical Association (CzMA), gives insights into the challenges that the Czech Republic faces in bringing change to the life sciences infrastructure. Whilst pointing out the areas in which the country is seeing positive advances — efficient communication with key personalities in healthcare such as the Ministry of Health — he also cautions that change is needed in the highly-regulated country and outlines the work that CzMA is contributing to this endeavour.
Although the Czech Medical Association in its current form dates back to a 1992 statute, our oldest journal was published as far back as 1862
