EPO – Finalist 2015 Lifetime Achievement – Mildronate heart medication, Ivars Kalvins
Ivars Kalvins (Latvia)
Invention: Mildronate heart medication and others
As 15th-century alchemist Paracelsus once said: “The art of healing comes from nature, not from the physician. Therefore the physician must start with nature and an open mind.” Accordingly, the Latvian scientist and inventor Ivars Kalvins has dedicated his research career to the improvement of medicine through chemicals found in nature.