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<p align="center"><b>Encouragement to young scientists</b></p> |
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<p> This year's Organic Chemistry Award Vladimir Prelog was presented to Valerije |
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Vrcek, Ph.D., a young scientist from the Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry |
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in Zagreb for his exceptional contribution to synthesis of nucleosides, understanding |
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of carbocationic rearrangements and NMR spectroscopy of organic molecules. </p> |
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<p>The Vladimir Prelog Organic Chemistry Award was established in 1996 as a means |
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of encouragement for young Croatian scientists in the field of organic chemistry. |
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It was founded by PLIVA and the Croatian Chemical Society to mark 90 years of |
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the birth of Vladimir Prelog, the renowned Croatian scientist and Nobel Prize |
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Winner. </p> |
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<p>At the ceremony that was held in Adria Klub in Zagreb the award was presented |
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to Dr. Vrcek by Mirjana Eckert-Maksic, Ph.D., president of the Croatian Chemical |
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Society and Radan Spaventi, M.D., vice-president of PLIVA's Management Board. |
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The award consisted of a diploma and cash prize equivalent to USD 1000.</p> |
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<p> "The fact that PLIVA supports scientific efforts, especially in the field |
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of organic chemistry, is no coincidence. It is exactly this type of scientific |
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and research orientation that has brought PLIVA its reputation in the pharmaceutical |
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industry world-wide" said Dr. Spaventi, vice-president of PLIVA's Management |
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Board.</p> |