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<p align="center"><b>PLIVA and CROATIAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY present this years Vladimir 
  Prelog Organic Chemistry Award to Amir Avdagic, Ph.D.</b></p>
<p>The Vladimir Prelog Organic Chemistry Award was established in 1996 as a 
  means to encourage young Croatian scientists in the field of organic chemistry. 
  Its founders were PLIVA d.d. and the Croatian Chemical Society. The award consists 
  of a certificate and a cash prize of USD 1,000.</p>
<p>Members of the Award Committee: Vitomir Sunjic, Ph.D., Mladen Zinic, Ph.D., 
  Miljenko Dumic, Ph.D., and Krunoslav Kovacevic, Ph.D., decided to present the 
  award this year to Amir Avdagic, Ph.D., <i><b>for his outstanding contribution 
  to the development of chemical and enzymatic methods for the preparation of 
  enantiomeric pure compounds</b></i>. Dr. Avdagics efforts, particularly those 
  published in the Swiss magazine Helv. Chim. Acta, represent a valuable contribution 
  to the Prelog School of Chemistry in Croatia, to which the distinguished Nobel 
  Prize Winner himself devoted much of his attention.</p>
<p>This award is dedicated to Vladimir Prelog, a renowned scientist and great 
  man, and supports young scientists in their work.</p>
<p align="center">PLIVAs Vision:</p>
<p align="center">PLIVAs vision is to be a pharmaceutical company bringing superior 
  and innovative solutions to customer needs by competing in the global market.</p>
<p align="left">For additional information contact:</p>
<p align="left">Dijana Kobas<br>
  Head of Public Relations<br>
  Phone: 385 1 61 20 852<br>
  Fax: 385 1 61 60 358<br>
  e-mail: <a href="mailto:dijana.kobas@pliva.hr">Dijana.Kobas@pliva.hr</a><br>
</p>
<p align="left"> PRESS RELEASE<br>
  Zagreb, 14 October 1999 </p>
1	dpavlin	1.1	<p align="center"><b>PLIVA and CROATIAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY present this years Vladimir
2			Prelog Organic Chemistry Award to Amir Avdagic, Ph.D.</b></p>
3			<p>The Vladimir Prelog Organic Chemistry Award was established in 1996 as a
4			means to encourage young Croatian scientists in the field of organic chemistry.
5			Its founders were PLIVA d.d. and the Croatian Chemical Society. The award consists
6			of a certificate and a cash prize of USD 1,000.</p>
7			<p>Members of the Award Committee: Vitomir Sunjic, Ph.D., Mladen Zinic, Ph.D.,
8			Miljenko Dumic, Ph.D., and Krunoslav Kovacevic, Ph.D., decided to present the
9			award this year to Amir Avdagic, Ph.D., <i><b>for his outstanding contribution
10			to the development of chemical and enzymatic methods for the preparation of
11			enantiomeric pure compounds</b></i>. Dr. Avdagics efforts, particularly those
12			published in the Swiss magazine Helv. Chim. Acta, represent a valuable contribution
13			to the Prelog School of Chemistry in Croatia, to which the distinguished Nobel
14			Prize Winner himself devoted much of his attention.</p>
15			<p>This award is dedicated to Vladimir Prelog, a renowned scientist and great
16			man, and supports young scientists in their work.</p>
17			<p align="center">PLIVAs Vision:</p>
18			<p align="center">PLIVAs vision is to be a pharmaceutical company bringing superior
19			and innovative solutions to customer needs by competing in the global market.</p>
20			<p align="left">For additional information contact:</p>
21			<p align="left">Dijana Kobas<br>
22			Head of Public Relations<br>
23			Phone: 385 1 61 20 852<br>
24			Fax: 385 1 61 60 358<br>
25			e-mail: <a href="mailto:dijana.kobas@pliva.hr">Dijana.Kobas@pliva.hr</a><br>
26			</p>
27			<p align="left"> PRESS RELEASE<br>
28			Zagreb, 14 October 1999 </p>