ADVANCED VIRAL RESEARCH CORP
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549




                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

        Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) July 8, 1998
                                                         ---------------

                          ADVANCED VIRAL RESEARCH CORP.
               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)


           Delaware                 33-2262-A                 59-2646820
       (State or Other             (Commission              (IRS Employer
 Jurisdiction of Incorporation)    File Number)           Identification No.)


     1250 East Hallandale Beach Blvd., Suite 501, Hallandale, Florida 33009
                    (Address of Principal Executive Offices)


        Registrant's telephone number, including area code (954) 458-7636
                                                           ---------------

                                       N/A
          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)


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Item 5.    Other Events.

           Registrant  and Dr. Shalom Z.  Hirschman  entered into an Amended and
           Restated  Employment  Agreement,  on  July  8,  1998.  A copy  of the
           executed Amended and Restated Employment Agreement is attached hereto
           as an Exhibit.


Item 7.    Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits.

           Exhibit 99.1 Amended and Restated Employment  Agreement dated July 8,
           1998, by and between  Advanced Viral Research Corp. and Dr. Shalom Z.
           Hirschman.


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                                   SIGNATURES


     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                                              ADVANCED VIRAL RESEARCH CORP.
                                              ------------------------------
                                                      (Registrant)


Date:  July 20, 1998                        By: /s/ William Bregman
    -------------------------                 ------------------------------
                                              William Bregman, Secretary




                                  EXHIBIT 99.1


                    AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT


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                    AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

     This  Agreement  made as of the  8th  day of  July,  1998,  by and  between
ADVANCED VIRAL RESEARCH CORP., a Delaware  corporation,  with offices located at
1250 East Hallandale Beach Blvd., Hallandale,  FL 33009, (the "Corporation") and
DR. SHALOM Z. HIRSCHMAN,  with an address at 5240 Blackstone Avenue,  Riverdale,
New York 10471 (the "Employee"):

                               W I T N E S E T H:

PREAMBLE

     A. After serving as a part time Consultant to the Corporation, the employee
entered into an Employment Agreement dated October 14, 1996 with the Corporation
(the "Original Employment Agreement") and the parties have been governed thereby
until the date hereof.

     B. By this amended and restated employment  agreement (the "Agreement") the
parties intend to amend,  modify and extend the Original  Employment  Agreement;
from  thereafter the date hereof,  the  relationship  of the Corporation and the
employee will be governed solely by the provisions of this Agreement which shall
supersede  in its  entirely the Original  Employment  Agreement,  such  document
becoming of no further force and effect.

     NOW THEREFORE it is agreed as follows:

     1.   DUTIES OF EMPLOYEE AND CORPORATION:

          a) The  Employee is hereby  employed  by the  Corporation  to serve in
the capacity of Chief Executive  Officer and President.  The  Corporation  shall
cause Employee to be nominated to serve as a director of the Corporation for the
duration of his term of  employment  as set forth  herein,  and any extension or
amendment of this Agreement.

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          b) During the term of the Agreement, Dr. Bernard Friedland and William
Bregman agree that they shall vote all shares owned or voted by them in favor of
Employee  as a  member  of the  Board  of  Directors  of the  Corporation.  This
agreement by Dr. Friedland and Mr. Bregman shall not restrict or otherwise limit
their right to sell or otherwise  transfer their shares to third parties without
restriction; provided, however, that any such purchaser or other transferee in a
private  transaction  or series of  transactions  involving five percent (5%) or
more of the then  outstanding  shares of the  Corporation  shall  continue to be
bound by the provisions of this subparagraph 1(b).

          During the term of the Agreement, Employee shall vote all shares owned
or voted by him in favor of Bernard  Friedland and William Bregman,  and each of
them, as a member of the Board of Directors of the  Corporation  for such period
of time as each such person seeks to serve. This agreement by Employee shall not
restrict or otherwise  limit his right to sell or otherwise  transfer his shares
(or options to purchase shares, as the case may be) to third parties;  provided,
however,  that any such  purchaser  or other  transferee  of shares in a private
transaction or series of  transactions  involving 5% or more of the  outstanding
shares of the  Corporation  shall continue to be bound by the provisions of this
Subparagraph 1(b).

          c) In addition to the foregoing  duties,  Employee shall also serve as
the  Corporation's  Chief  Scientific  Officer and  Chairman  of its  Scientific
Advisory Board.  When the Corporation  reaches an appropriate state of maturity,
Employee  will use his best efforts to  constitute a Scientific  Advisory  Board
with the most suitable available persons in exercise of his discretion from time
to time. His suggested  appointments  to the  Scientific  Advisory Board will be
subject  to  approval  of the Board of  Directors,  which  approval  will not be
unreasonably withheld.

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          d) It is  expressly  agreed  by the  parties  that the  duties  of the
Employee,  in his capacity as Chief Executive Officer,  President and a director
of the  Corporation  shall  include  supervising  day to day  operations  of the
Corporation,  including management of scientific, medical, financial, regulatory
and corporate matters, subject always to existing Board policy.

          e) It is expressly  agreed that  Employee's  duties shall also include
the  authority to  establish  an  appropriate  laboratory,  executive  and other
facilities  for  the  Corporation,   consistent  with  its  business  goals  and
objectives,  as well as its financial resources. The Employee is also authorized
and  directed  by this  Agreement  to lead the  Corporation's  efforts  to raise
additional capital by means consistent with and appropriate to the Corporation's
objectives,  as determined from time to time by its Board of Directors.  Nothing
contained  herein  shall  require  Employee to relocate  outside of the New York
metropolitan area.

          f) During the term of this  Agreement,  Employee  shall take no action
which shall preclude  Bernard  Friedland and William Bregman from being nominees
as directors  of the  Corporation  and  Employee  shall vote all shares owned or
voted by him in favor of Bernard Friedland and William Bregman as members of the
Board of Directors of the Corporation.

     2.   DEVOTION OF TIME TO EMPLOYMENT:  The Employee shall   devote  his full
business  time and attention to the business and affairs of the  Corporation  as
shall be  necessary to carry out his duties  hereinabove,  and as may be amended
from time to time consistent with the Corporation's business development.

     3.   COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS:

          a) The Corporation  shall pay to the Employee as compensation  for his
services an annual salary at $325,000 per year, payable in biweekly installments
commencing October 18, 1996.

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          b) The  Corporation,  during the term of this  Agreement  only,  shall
purchase,  at its expense,  a major medical insurance policy,  disability policy
and dental policy insuring the Employee and his  dependents,  which policy shall
be  reasonably  acceptable to the parties  hereto.  The  Corporation  shall also
purchase a term life insurance policy at least in the amount of $1,000,000, with
a beneficiary  to be designated by the Employee,  and Employee  shall  cooperate
with the  Corporation  to purchase a "key man" life insurance  policy,  with the
Corporation as beneficiary.

          c) The Corporation  agrees that, in addition to presently  outstanding
Options  granted to  Employee,  it shall take such action as may be necessary to
permit  Employee to be entitled to  participate  in stock  option or stock bonus
plans or similar plans including plans for stock appreciation  rights (SAR's) as
are established by the Corporation (collectively, the "Stock Plans").

          d) Upon execution of this Agreement, the Company will take such action
as is necessary to issue to the Employee previously approved options to purchase
23 million  shares of its common stock at an exercise  price of $0.27 per share.
The  term of the  options  would be for a  period  of 10 years  from the date of
issuance  (or 90 days  after  the  Employee  terminates  his  employment  or the
employment of the Employee is terminated  for cause (as such term is hereinafter
defined)).  The options granted pursuant to this  subparagraph  will vest on the
first to occur of (i) the day an IND number is obtained from and approved by the
United States FDA so that human  research can be commenced,  (ii) the occurrence
of a Change of control  (as  hereinafter  defined),  or (iii) the  signing of an
agreement  relating to co-marketing  pursuant to which one or more third parties
commit to make payments to the Company and/or its subsidiaries of $15,000,000 or
more (each of the foregoing is hereinafter referred to as a "Vesting Event").

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          For  purposes of this  subparagraph  (d), the term "Change of Control"
means  the  occurrence  of any of the  following:  (A) the  consummation  of any
transaction  the  result  of which is that any  person or group (as such term is
used in Section  13(d)(3) of the  Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, as amended),
other than the Employee,  Bernard  Friedland or William Bregman or any affiliate
thereof  or any group  comprised  of any of the  foregoing,  owns,  directly  or
indirectly,  51% of the Common Equity (as  hereinafter  defined) of the Company,
(B) the Company consolidates with, or merges with or into, another person (other
than a direct or indirect  wholly-owned  subsidiary) or any person  consolidates
with,  or merges  with or into,  the  Company,  in any such event  pursuant to a
transaction in which the outstanding  Voting Stock (as  hereinafter  defined) of
the  Company,  as the  case may be,  is  converted  into or  changed  for  cash,
securities  or  other  property,  other  than  any such  transaction  where  the
outstanding  Voting Stock of the Company,  as the case may be, is converted into
or exchanged for Voting Stock of the surviving or transferee corporation and the
beneficial  owners of the Voting Stock of the Company  immediately prior to such
transaction own, directly or indirectly,  not less than a majority of the Voting
Stock  of  the  surviving  or  transferee  corporation  immediately  after  such
transaction,  (C) the Company, either individually or in conjunction with one or
more  subsidiaries  sells,  assigns,  conveys,  transfers,  leases or  otherwise
disposes  of, or the  subsidiaries  sell,  assign,  convey,  transfer,  lease or
otherwise  dispose of, all or substantially  all of the properties and assets of
the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole (either in one transaction or
a series of related transactions),  including capital stock of the subsidiaries,
to any person  (other  than the  Company  or a wholly  owned  subsidiary  of the
Company),  or (D) during any two (2) year period  commencing  subsequent  to the
date  of  this  Agreement,  individuals  who at the  beginning  of  such  period
constituted  the  Board  of  Directors  of the  Company  (together  with any new
directors  whose  election by such Board of  Directors or whose  nomination  for
election by the stockholders of

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the Company was approved by a vote of two-thirds of the directors  then still in
office)  who were  either  directors  at the  beginning  of such period or whose
election or nomination  for election was  previously  so approved  cease for any
reason to  constitute  a  majority  of the Board of  Directors  then in  office;
provided,  however,  that a person  shall not be deemed to have  ceased  being a
director  for such  purpose if such  person  shall have  resigned  or died.  For
purposes  of this  subparagraph  3(d)(i),  (x) the term  "Common  Equity" of the
Company  means all capital  stock of the Company that is  generally  entitled to
vote in the  election  of  directors  and (ii) the term  "Voting  Stock"  of the
Company mean  securities of any class of capital stock of the Company  entitling
the holders thereof to vote in the election of members of the Board of Directors
of the Company.

          e) All other  option  agreements  between the Company and the Employee
which  currently are in existence  will be amended to increase the terms thereof
so that they will be co-extensive  with the term of the options granted pursuant
to subparagraph (d) hereof.

          f) The Employee  shall  receive a one-time  bonus of $100,000 upon the
occurrence of the first Vesting Event,  if such Vesting Event shall occur during
the term of this Agreement.

          g) Commencing in December 1998, and annually thereafter,  the Board of
Directors of the Company shall evaluate its  performance  during the year,  both
scientifically and financially (including its aggregate market  capitalization),
and the  contribution  of the Employee with respect to such  performance.  Based
upon  such  evaluations,   the  Board  of  Directors  shall  consider  and  take
appropriate  action with respect to granting a performance bonus to the Employee
if it determines that a bonus is warranted.

     4.   TERMS  OF  AGREEMENT:  Subject  to  the  provisions  of  paragraph  10
hereof regarding termination,  the term of this employment shall commence on the
date first set forth above,

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and shall continue until December 31, 2000. It shall  automatically  be extended
for  consecutive  periods of  one-year  each  unless  either the  Company or the
Employee shall have given notice to the other at least two years in advance that
such automatic extension shall be vitiated; it is intended hereby that except as
provided at  paragraph  10 hereby at least two years  notice shall be given from
one party to the other of the termination of the arrangement created herein.

     5.   AUTOMOBILE:  The Corporation shall lease or purchase for the Employee,
at Employee's  discretion,  an  automobile  selected and to be used by Employee,
having a list price not in excess of  $40,000,  it being  understood  and agreed
that such  automobile  shall be  necessary  by  Employee  in the  conduct of the
Corporation's  business as a condition of his employment.  The Corporation shall
pay for all gas, oil, repairs and maintenance,  as well as the lease or purchase
payments, as applicable.

     6.   REIMBURSABLE  EXPENSES:  Except  as  herein  otherwise  provided,  the
Corporation  shall  reimburse the Employee for all expenses,  or the Employee is
entitled to charge to the Corporation all expenses incurred by him, in and about
the course of his employment by the Corporation, provided that said expenses are
deductible  under the  current  tax law and  sufficient  proof is  furnished  by
Employee. Such expenses shall include but not be limited to:

          a) License fees,  membership dues in professional  organizations,  and
subscriptions to professional journals.

          b) The Employee's necessary travel,  hotel and entertainment  expenses
incurred  in  connection  with  overnight,  out-of-town  trips for  educational,
professional,  financial,  or other related meetings,  and/or in connection with
other events that contribute to the benefit of the Corporation in the reasonable
determination of the Employee.

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          c) The  Employee's  necessary  travel and  entertainment  expenses  in
connection with in-town events for education, professional,  financial, or other
related  meetings or in  connection  with other  events that  contribute  to the
benefit of the Corporation in the reasonable determination of the Employee.

          d) All  other  expenses  that  may be  pre-approved  by the  Board  of
Directors.

     7.   VACATION: The Employee  shall be entitled to such vacation as shall be
authorized  by the  Corporation  from  time to time,  but not less than four (4)
weeks during each calendar year.

     8.   SICK OR OTHER LEAVE: If  the  Employee  becomes  so  disabled as to be
unable to perform his functions hereof, he shall be entitled to disability leave
for a period of at least [4]  consecutive  months or [6]  months in any 12 month
period.  At the expiration of any such period of disability,  either party shall
have the right to terminate the Employment  arrangement  created hereby as if it
had  expired  in the  normal  course;  provided,  however,  that  such  event of
disability  shall not be deemed to have  caused a  premature  expiration  of any
options theretofore granted to the Employee.

     9.   PATENTS: The parties  agree that if any patents  shall be developed by
Employee or any patents shall result from the knowledge  Employee acquires while
performing his duties to the Corporation  under this Agreement,  Employee agrees
to assign such patents to the Corporation.

     10.  TERMINATION OF AGREEMENT:

          a) The  Corporation  may  terminate  this  Agreement  at any time "for
cause" if: the Employee becomes unfit to properly render services to Corporation
hereunder  because of alcohol or drug related  abuses,  as defined  under and is
consistent with applicable  laws;  conviction of a crime or moral turpitude that
constitutes a felony under federal or state law; material breach of

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this Agreement which is not cured within sixty (60) days after written notice is
given by Corporation to Employee.  Such  termination  except for material breach
shall be effective  sixty (60) days after the delivery of written notice thereof
to the Employee,  or at such later time as may be designated in said notice. The
Employee shall vacate the offices of the Corporation on or before such effective
date unless such  termination for cause may be subject to cure by Employee.  All
compensation  due  hereunder  shall  cease  as of  said  effective  date  of the
termination,  except accrued compensation that shall remain unpaid at such date,
and except for the continued  right of Employee to exercise  stock  options,  or
receive  benefits  under stock bonus  plans or SAR's  (collectively,  the "Stock
Rights")  as  shall  not be  vested  at the date of any  termination  hereunder,
subject to the discretion of the Board of Directors to cancel such Stock Rights.

          b) (i) The Employee may elect to terminate  this Agreement at any time
for cause provided he delivers written notice of such intention to terminate not
less than sixty (60) days prior to the date of such termination. As used in this
subparagraph 10(b)(i), the term "for cause" shall mean if Corporation materially
changes Employee's duties,  responsibilities  or working conditions or takes any
other actions which impede Employee in the performance of his duties  hereunder.
If the  Employee  terminates  this  Agreement  for cause,  Corporation  shall be
required to pay Employee the compensation,  remuneration, benefits and allowance
and expenses specified in paragraphs 3, 5, 6 and 7 hereinabove for the remainder
of the term of this Agreement.

             (ii) The Employee may  elect  to  terminate  this  Agreement at any
time not for cause  provided he delivers  written  notice of such  intention  to
terminate  not less than sixty (60) days prior to the date of such  termination.
All  compensation  and  other  benefits  shall  cease as of the  effective  date
specified in such notice.

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     11.  LIMITATIONS ON AUTHORITY: Without the express written consent from the
Board of Directors of the Corporation,  and other than in the ordinary course of
business, the Employee shall have not apparent or implied authority to:

          a) Pledge the credit of the Corporation or any of its other employees.

          b) Bind the  Corporation  under any note,  mortgage or other  monetary
obligation under a monetary instrument.

          c)  Release  or  discharge  any debt due the  Corporation  unless  the
Corporation has received the full amount thereof.

          d)  Sell,   mortgage,   transfer  or  otherwise   dispose  of  all  or
substantially all of the assets of the Corporation.

     12.  COVENANT NOT TO COMPETE AND CONFIDENTIALITY:

          a) In order to induce  the  Corporation  to enter  into an  employment
relationship, but if and only if this Agreement is terminated by Corporation for
cause as specified in paragraph 10(a) or by Employee  without cause as specified
in paragraph 10(b)(ii) and under no other  circumstance,  Employee covenants and
agrees  for a  period  of  three  (3)  years  after  termination  of  Employee's
employment,  Employee  will not  directly  or  indirectly,  as sole  proprietor,
independent contractor,  employee, consultant, agent, partner or joint venturer,
or as an officer, director, stockholder, agent, servant or employee of any firm,
person, entity, partnership or corporation,  or otherwise, engage or participate
in or attempt to engage or participate in any manner in the same, a similar or a
directly or indirectly competitive business, to that of Corporation.

          b) If and only if this  Agreement is  terminated  by  Corporation  for
cause as specified in paragraph 10(a) or by Employee  without cause as specified
in paragraph 10(b)(ii) and under no other circumstance,  for a period of one (1)
year from and after the termination of

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Employee's employment, the Employee agrees that he shall refrain from soliciting
and  shall  not,  directly  or  indirectly,  as  sole  proprietor,   independent
contractor,  employee,  consultant,  agent, partner, or joint venturer, or as an
officer, director,  stockholder,  agent or employee of any firm, person, entity,
partnership  or  corporation,   or  otherwise   solicit  the  employees  of  the
Corporation to leave the service of Corporation.

          c) The parties agree that all information concerning the Corporation's
product,  RETICULOSE,  is  highly  confidential  and is the sole  and  exclusive
property of the  Corporation.  The parties  acknowledge that Employee shall have
access to confidential  information  concerning the Corporation and specifically
concerning RETICULOSE, including methodology of manufacture of RETICULOSE, among
other  confidential data and information.  Employee  expressly agrees to refrain
from  disclosing  to any  person or  entity,  other  than at the  direction  and
approval  of the Board of  Directors,  any  confidential  information  regarding
RETICULOSE,  either directly or indirectly, or seek to exploit RETICULOSE, other
than through and with the approval of the Corporation.

          d) (i) It is agreed and  understood  by and among the  parties to this
Agreement   that  the   restrictive   covenants  and  agreements  set  forth  in
subparagraphs  (a),  (b) and  (c) of this  paragraph  12 are  each  individually
essential elements of this Agreement and that, but for agreement of the Employee
to comply with such covenants and  agreements,  the  Corporation  would not have
agreed to employ Employee.  Further,  Employee  expressly  acknowledges that the
restrictions  contained in  subparagraphs  (a), (b) and (c) of this paragraph 12
are reasonable and necessary to accomplish the mutual  objectives of the parties
associated  with the employment  relationship  and to protect the  Corporation's
legitimate  interests and  protecting  its business and business  relationships.
Employee further acknowledges that enforcement of the restrictions

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contained  herein  will not  deprive  him,  or any of his  agents,  servants  or
employees,  or any of them, of the ability to earn a reasonable  living and that
any  violation  of the  restrictions  contained  in this  Agreement  will  cause
irreparable injury to Corporation. Such covenants and agreements of the Employee
shall be  construed as  agreements  independent  of any other  provision of this
Agreement  and of each other.  The  existence of any claim or cause of action of
the Employee  against the Corporation,  whether  predicated on this Agreement or
otherwise,  shall not constitute a defense to the enforcement by the Corporation
of such restrictive covenants and agreements.

             (ii) It is agreed by the parties hereto that if any  portion of the
restrictive covenants and agreements set forth in subparagraphs (a), (b) and (c)
of this paragraph 12 are held to be invalid, unreasonable,  arbitrary or against
public policy, then each such agreement shall be considered divisible both as to
time,  geographical  area and any other relevant  feature,  with each month of a
specified  period being deemed a separate  period of time and each  geographical
market area being deemed a separate geographical area, it being the intention of
the parties that a lesser period of time,  geographical  area or other  relevant
feature shall be enforced as long as the same is not unreasonable,  arbitrary or
against public  policy.  The parties hereto further agree that, in the event any
court of competent  jurisdiction  determines  that a specified  time  period,  a
specified  geographical  area or any other  relevant  feature  is  unreasonable,
arbitrary or against public policy, a lesser time period,  geographical  area or
other relevant feature which is determined to be reasonable,  non-arbitrary  and
not against  public  policy may be enforced  against the  Employee  and Employee
agrees to be bound thereby.

             (iii) The parties hereto agree that  damages at law,  including but
not limited to monetary damages,  will be insufficient remedy to the Corporation
in the event that the restrictive covenants of subparagraphs (a), (b) and (c) of
this paragraph 12 are violated and that, in

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addition to any remedies or rights that may be available to the Corporation, all
of which other remedies or rights shall be deemed to be cumulative,  retained by
Corporation and not waived by the enforcement of any remedy available hereunder,
including but not limited to the right to sue of monetary  damages;  Corporation
also shall be entitled,  upon application to a court of competent  jurisdiction,
to  obtain  injunctive  relief,   including  but  not  limited  to  a  temporary
restraining order or temporary,  preliminary or permanent injunction, to enforce
the  provisions  of this  paragraph  as well as an equitable  accounting  of all
profits  or  benefits  arising  out of any such  violation,  all of which  shall
constitute rights and remedies to which the Corporation may be entitled.

          e)  Employee  recognizes  that  the  restrictions  set  forth  in this
paragraph are  reasonable and properly  required for the adequate  protection of
the business of the Corporation.

     13.  SURVIVAL  OF   REPRESENTATIONS   AND   WARRANTIES:   The   warranties,
representations,  covenants and  agreements set forth herein shall be continuous
and shall survive the termination of this Agreement or any part hereof.

     14.  ENTIRE  AGREEMENT: This  Agreement  contains the entire  understanding
between the parties hereto with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby,
and this Agreement supersedes in all respects all written or oral understandings
and agreements heretofore existing between the parties hereto.

     15.  AMENDMENT  AND WAIVER:  This  Agreement may not be modified or amended
except by an  instrument  on writing  duly  executed by the parties  hereto.  No
waiver of  compliance  with any  provision  or  condition  hereof and no consent
provided for herein  shall be effective  unless  evidenced by an  instrument  in
writing duly  executed by the party hereto sought to be charged with such waiver
or consent.

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     16.  NOTICES: Notices and requests required or permitted hereunder shall be
deemed to be delivered hereunder if mailed with postage prepaid or delivered, in
writing as follows:

          If  to  the   Corporation:   1250  East  Hallandale  Beach  Boulevard,
Hallandale,  Florida  33009  or such  other  address  as the  Corporation  shall
designate in writing.

          If to Employee: 5240 Blackstone Avenue, Riverdale, New York 10471.

     17.  COUNTERPARTS:   This  Agreement  may  be  executed  in   one  or  more
counterparts,  and all  such  counterparts  shall  constitute  one and the  same
instrument.

     18.  CAPTIONS:  Captions used herein are for convenience only and are not a
part of this Agreement and shall not be used in construing it.

     19.  EXECUTION OF DOCUMENTS: At any time and from time to time, the parties
hereto shall execute such documents as are necessary to effect this Agreement.

     20.  ARBITRATION:  Any  controversy  or claim arising out of or relating to
this Agreement,  or the breach  thereof,  or regarding the failure or refusal to
perform the whole or any part of this Agreement shall be settled by arbitration.
In the event that the  Arbitration  is  initiated by the  Employee,  it shall be
commenced  in Dade  County,  Florida,  or in such  other  County  and  State  of
jurisdiction as the Corporation shall then have its corporate  headquarters.  In
the event the arbitration is initiated by the Corporation, it shall be commenced
in New York City.  Any such  arbitration  shall be held in  accordance  with the
rules of the American Arbitration,  and the judgment upon the award rendered may
be entered in any court having  jurisdiction  hereof.  Any  decision  made by an
arbitrator or by the arbitrators  under this provision shall be enforceable as a
final and binding  decision as if it were a final  decision or decree of a court
of competent jurisdiction.

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     21.  GENERAL PROVISIONS:

          a) Assignability. This Agreement shall not be assignable by any of the
parties to this Agreement without the prior written consent of all other parties
to this Agreement.

          b) Governing Law. This Agreement has been  negotiated and prepared and
shall be performed in the State of Florida,  and the validity,  construction and
enforcement  of, and the remedies  under,  this  Agreement  shall be governed in
accordance  with the laws of the State of Florida  (except that if any choice of
law provision  under Florida law would result in the application of the law of a
state or jurisdiction other than the State of Florida,  such provision shall not
apply).

          c) Severability of Provisions.  The invalidity or  unenforceability of
any  particular  provision  hereof shall not affect the remaining  provisions of
this Agreement,  and this Agreement shall be construed in all respect as if such
invalid or unenforceable provision were omitted.

          d) Successors and Assigns.  The rights and  obligations of the parties
hereunder shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding and enforceable upon the
respective heirs, successors, assigns and transferees of either party.

          e) Reliance.  All representations and warranties  contained herein, or
any certificate or other instrument delivered in connection  herewith,  shall be
deemed to have been  relied  upon by the  parties  hereto,  notwithstanding  any
independent investigation made by or on behalf of such parties.


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          IN  WITNESS  WHEREOF,   the  undersigned  have  hereunto  caused  this
Agreement to be executed the day and year first above written.


ADVANCED VIRAL RESEARCH CORP.


By: /s/ William Bregman                                               (Seal)
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   William Bregman, Secretary Treasurer


EMPLOYEE


By: /s/ Shalom Z. Hirschman                                               (Seal)
   ------------------------------------
          Shalom Z. Hirschman


                       (For purposes of Section 1(b) only)

 /s/ Bernard Friedland                                  /s/ William Bregman
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    Bernard Friedland                                       William Bregman

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