1936 the company becomes one of the first
- global sulfonamide producers
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1940 Plibah-Bannat Institute for production
- of biological and chemical medicines
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1941
- Plibah become PLIVA-State Institute for Production
- of Medicines & Vaccines
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1952
- PLIVA Research Institute is founded
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1953 the first quantities of Vitamin C
- are manufactured using in-house technology
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1959 production of Vitamin B and oxytetracycline
- is begun
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1971 methacycline is patented
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1980
- PLIVA’s original macrolide antibiotic-azithromycin
- is patented and protected
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1986
- PLIVA signs a licensing agreement with US company
- Pfizer, granting Pfizer an exclusive right for
- the sale of azithromycin in the USA and western
- Europe
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1988
- PLIVA launched azithromycin under the name of
- Sumamed
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1991 Pfizer launched azithromycin under
- the name of Zithromax
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1991
- Croatia becomes an independent state and PLIVA
- begins its privatization process
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1993
- PLIVA becomes a joint stock
- company
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1996
- The listing of PLIVA’s shares on
- the London Stock Exchange marks the 75th anniversary
- of PLIVA
-