The 5th Annual Conference of the Pan-Balkan Alliance of Natural Products and Drug Discovery Associations (PANDA) was held on October 22-23, 2024, at the Institute for Biological Research “Siniša Stanković” – National Institute of the Republic of Serbia (IBISS), University of Belgrade, with support from the Ministry Science, Technological Development and Innovation, Republic of Serbia.

The conference was organized by IBISS, together with the Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica (SIMM), and welcomed researchers from ten countries (Serbia, China, North Macedonia, Greece, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Albania, Cyprus, and Slovenia). A total of 26 lectures were presented, covering diverse topics such as the biological activities of natural products, their roles in pharmacy and medicine, advances in drug design, and the development of functional foods.