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<div align="Center"><b>PLIVA - general sponsor of the 25th European Pharmaceutical |
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Students’ Association Congress<br> |
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<div align="Left"><i>Zagreb, 29 March 2002</i><br> |
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PLIVA is the general sponsor of the 25th European Pharmaceutical Students’ |
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Association (EPSA) Congress that will be held this year in Zagreb between |
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1-7 April, organised by the Croatian Pharmaceutical and Medical Biochemistry |
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Students’ Association. The congress is being held under the auspices of Croatian |
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President Stjepan Mesic. <br> |
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More than 300 pharmacy students, professors and lecturers from Europe and |
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USA are expected to attend the event. EPSA was founded in 1978 with an aim |
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to promote the interests of European pharmacy students and to encourage and |
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expand their cooperation.<br> |
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The main topic of this year’s congress is “pharmacoeconomics”, a burning |
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issue concerning one of the largest challenges in healthcare today – how to |
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assure high quality of healthcare in regards to the ever increasing costs |
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and limited financial resources. This topic will be covered through various |
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expert lectures and workshops held by lecturers from Europe and USA.<br> |
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Dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, Dr. Mladen Birus expressed |
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his satisfaction with the fact that the jubilee 25th congress was being held |
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in Zagreb the same year that the Faculty is celebrating its 120 years of existence. |
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“These exceptionally talented and gifted young people will lead Croatia into |
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Europe” said Dean Birus. On behalf of the Croatian Pharmaceutical Society, |
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Senior lecturer Maja Jaksevac-Miksa congratulated the students on being elected |
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to host this year’s congress despite fierce competition. <br> |
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On behalf of the general sponsor, Dr. Zelimir Vuksic, member of PLIVA’s |
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Management Board, placed particular emphasis on PLIVA’s competitiveness on |
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the European market through two denominators – innovation and people, the |
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two being mutually interconnected. “I am proud to be working in a company |
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that invests largely in scholarships for students of various professions. |
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Sponsoring such a congress is a logical step, since this is an opportunity |
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to further educate not only students, but also the pharmacists that have |
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already graduated who will be participating in the congress.”<br> |
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An exhibition dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the European Pharmaceutical |
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Students’ Association will be organised in PLIVA’s Gallery on 5 April. The |
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exhibition will offer insight into the Association’s work from its beginnings, |
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and former EPSA members will give their view of the 25 years of existence |
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of this distinguished association, as will representatives of European pharmaceutical |
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organisations that cooperate with EPSA.<br> |
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