Councils, expert college and committees of the Institute of Immunology are governed by the Regulation on the establishment of the Institute of Immunology, the Statute of the Institute of Immunology, the Law on Labor (Workers’ Council), and the relevant decisions of the director. The Institute of Immunology may also have another expert and advisory councils and committees.
The Institute of Immunology is managed by the Governing Council in accordance with the provisions of the Institutions Act, the Health Care Act and the Statute of the Institute of Immunology. The Governing Council consists of five members, as follows:
Composition
| Chair, Danica Kramarić, MD |
| Member, Martina Bogut Barić, univ. mag. oec., univ. mag. admin. sanit. |
| Member, Jasminka Hlupić, MD |
| Member, Tomislav Javor, MD |
| Member, Hrvoje Hadrović, mag. ing. techn. inf. |
Director of the Institute of Immunology is responsible for the legality of the work and operations. He performs the following tasks:
The Institute of Immunology is represented, represented and managed by Director Vedran Čardžić, MD.
The Director of the Institute of Immunology is elected and appointed based on a public competition by the Governing Council of the Institute of Immunology, with the consent of the Minister responsible for health.
Vedran Čardžić, MD was re-appointed as Director of the Institute of Immunology for the mandate period from March 21, 2023 to March 21, 2027 by Decision of the Governing Council of the Institute of Immunology REG.NO.: 560/2023 of March 16, 2023, adopted with the prior consent of the Minister of Health, Assoc. Prof. PhD Vili Beroš, MD dated March 9, 2023 (CLASS.NO.: 007-01/23-02/04, REG.NO.: 534-07-2-1/2-23-4), which was issued upon the Decision of the Governing Council of the Institute of Immunology REG. NO.: 403/2023 dated March 1, 2023.
Vedran Čardžić, MD was born on September 23, 1964 in Zagreb, where he graduated from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Zagreb in 1990. He is married, father of two children.
He completed his mandatory medical internship at the Sestre Milosrdnice Hospital. As a doctor, he worked at the Health Center in Velika Gorica and at the Teaching Institute for Emergency Medicine of the City of Zagreb. He continued his professional career at Krka-farma Zagreb, where he worked for sixteen years, fourteen of which in the positions of Marketing and Sales Manager, Marketing Director and Deputy Director of KF Zagreb. According to IMS data, at that time Krka-farma maintained its strong position as the third pharmaceutical company in terms of sales results in the Republic of Croatia, while in 2005 he was awarded the Marketing Manager of the Year award at the Krka, Inc. level.
He joined PharmaS Zagreb in 2010 as the Director of Marketing and Sales, where he established, organized and managed the marketing and sales team. In just three years, PharmaS achieved larger market shares in marketed molecules than significantly larger companies with a longer presence on the domestic market.
He came to the position of Acting Director (February 4, 2019), and then Director of the Institute of Immunology (March 20, 2019 (1st term) and March 21, 2023 (2nd term)) from the Croatian Health Insurance Fund, where he held the positions for five years as Head of Regional Services in the Zagreb Regional Office, Head of Contracting Service and Acting Assistant Director of the Croatian Health Insurance Fund for Health Protection.
Vedran Čardžić, MD, is a Croatian veteran of the Homeland War. He earned this status by participating in the combat sector of the Ministry of Defense as a doctor.
The Expert Council is appointed by the Director of the Institute of Immunology and consists of at least the heads of the Institute’s organizational units.
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Composition
| President, Željka Pelin, B.A. in Economics |
| Member, M.Sc. Vesna Šporec Dragović, B.Eng. in Chemistry |
| Member, Anja Britvec Generalić, B.Eng. in Biotechnology |
| Member, M.Sc. Gorana Marić, B.Eng. in Biology |
| Member, Ana Vučenović Mijatović, M.D. in Veterinary Medicine, Univ. Mag. Chir. |
| Member, Ljerka Kotarski, B.Eng. in Biology |
| Member, Dančo Arsov, M.D. |
| Member, Hrvoje Šindler, M.D. in Veterinary Medicine |
| Member, M.Sc. Dragica Hećimović, B.Eng. in Chemistry |
| Member, Tomislav Petrović, B.Eng. in Preh. Technology |
| Member, Mariana Krajnović Vržina, M.Pharm. |
| Member, M.Sc. Nediljko Pavlović, B.Eng. in Chem. technologies |
| Member, Zora Flegar, B.A. in Economics |
| Member, Tomislav Javor, M.D. |
A professional council may be established to consider issues in the field of professional work in each organizational unit of the Institute.
Composition
The professional council meets as needed, and includes all employees with a university degree in a particular service.
The Ethical Committee ensures that the activities of the Institute of Immunology are carried out in accordance with the principles of ethics related to the activities of the Institute.
The Ethics Committee is appointed by the Board of Directors for a term of four years and consists of five members (a president and four members), of which at least two members are of the opposite sex. One member who is a representative of non-medical professions is also a member who is not an employee of the Institute. The Board of Directors also appoints the deputies of the Ethics Committee.
The members of the Ethics Committee and their deputies who are employees of the Institute are proposed by the Expert Council of the Institute, and external members are proposed by the Director of the Institute.
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Composition
| Alojzija Pintera, B.Sc. Biology, President | M.Sc. Gorana Marić, B.Sc. Biology, Deputy |
| Marela Bajić Čivgin, Prof. Philology and Croatian Culture and Journalist, Member | Ivan Jukić, B.Sc. Law, Substitute |
| Hrvoje Šindler, Dr. Med. Vet., Member | Ana Vučenović Mijatović, Dr. Med. Vet., Univ. Mag. Chir., Substitute |
| Vedran Lulić, B.Sc. Biotechnology, Member | M.Sc. Marijana Kapustić, B.Sc. Biology, Substitute |
| PhD. Ruža Frkanec, Member | Dr. Sc. Krešo Bendelja, Substitute |
The Medicines Committee of the Institute of Immunology ensures the implementation of all activities related to the production of immunological medicines, medicines from human blood or human plasma and other biological medicines in the Institute.
The Medicines Committee is appointed by the Board of Directors of the Institute of Immunology and consists of five members. They are appointed from among the employees of the Institute of Immunology in the medical and pharmaceutical professions.
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Composition
| President, Mariana Krajnović Vržina, mag. pharm. |
| Deputy President, Dančo Arsov, dr. med. |
| Member, Tomislav Javor, dr. med. |
| Member, Hrvoje Šindler, dr. med. vet. |
| Member, Ana Vučenović Mijatović, dr. med. vet., univ. mag. chir. |
The Quality Committee ensures the quality control of immunological medicines, medicines from human blood or human plasma and other biological medicines of the Institute, and ensures the implementation of the inventory in the field of quality.
The Quality Committee is appointed by the Board of Directors upon the proposal of the Director and has seven members.
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Composition
| Ljerka Kotarski, B.Sc. in Biology, member | Marija Živković, B.Sc. in Biology, substitute |
| Vedran Lulić, B.Sc. in Biotechnology, member | Ivona Švagelj, M.Sc. in Biotechnology, substitute |
| Julije Čučuk, M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, member | Hrvoje Hadrović, M.Sc. in Information Technology, substitute |
| Ivan Jukić, B.Sc. in Law, member | Željka Pelin, B.Sc. in Economics, substitute |
| Mr. Sc. Marijana Kapustić, B.Sc. in Biology, member | Gordana Skorić, B.Sc. in Preh. Technology, substitute |
| PhD. Mirna Tominac Trcin, M.Sc. in Bioprocess, member | M.Sc. Nediljko Pavlović, B.Sc. in Chemical Technology, substitute |
| Mr. Sc. Dragica Hećimović, B.Sc. in Chemistry, member | Dančo Arsov, Dr. Med., substitute |
Based on the Statute of the Institute of Immunology, the Animal Protection Act and the Regulations on the Protection of Animals Used for Scientific Purposes, the Director of the Institute of Immunology has appointed the Animal Welfare Committee.
Composition
| President, Hrvoje Šindler, MD, PhD. Vet. |
| Member, Marina Ivančić, MSc. Biol. Exp. |
| Member, PhD. Mirna Tominac Trcin |
| Member, Marija Živković, B.Sc. Biology |
| Member, Ana Vučenović Mijatović, MD, PhD. Vet., Univ. MSc. Chir. |
The Institute organizes and conducts internal supervision over the work of organizational units and employees. Supervision also includes professional self-inspections related to ensuring product quality in accordance with the rules of good manufacturing practice according to which the Institute’s GMP documentation is maintained.
Composition
| President, Ana Vučenović Mijatović, dr. med. vet., univ. mag. chir. |
| Member, Ivona Švagelj, mag. ing. biotechn. |
| Member, Mihael Keškić, mag. ing. traff. |
Based on the Labor Act, the Workers’ Council protects and promotes the interests of the employees of the Institute of Immunology by consulting, co-decision-making or negotiating with the employer on issues relevant to the position of employees.
Composition
| President, Hrvoje Hadrović, mag.ing.techn.inf. |
| Member, Mario Zmiš |
| Member, Saša Pilić |