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Prof. Dr. Pavao Stern was a Croatian physician and pharmacologist. His research focused on various aspects of pharmacology, including allergies, the role of histamine in the body, and the significance of substance P in the central nervous system Stern is credited as one of the discoverers of antihistamines.

After completing his medical studies at the University of Zagreb in 1936 and specializing in pharmacology in Vienna, Stern established a pharmacological laboratory at the chemical and pharmaceutical products factory Kaštel in Zagreb. There, he was involved in the synthesis of antimalarials. Even though Stern was Jewish, he was able to work in Croatia during World War Two.

From 1946, Stern served as an associate professor at the Department of Pharmacology at the University of Zagreb School of Medicine. In 1947, he became a full professor at the School of Medicine in Sarajevo, where he founded the Institute of Pharmacology. He played a crucial role in establishing laboratory facilities and organizing pharmacological research at the pharmaceutical company PLIVA. In 1961, Stern organized the First International Symposium on Substance P in Sarajevo.

Pavao Stern was born on March 17, 1913, in Varaždin, Croatia, and died March 20, 1976. He was married to Bosiljka Srkoć, and they had one son, Milan Stern.