Exhibit 99.1

                          CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                           18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                              AS ENACTED UNDER
                SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
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In connection with the Quarterly Report of IGI, Inc.  (the "Company") on
Form 10-Q for the period ending June 30, 2002, as filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, John F.
Ambrose, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, state and
certify under oath, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. [SECTION] 1350, as enacted under
[SECTION] 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

      (1)   The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section
            13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

      (2)   The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
            material respects, the financial condition and result of
            operations of the Company as of June 30, 2002 (the end of the
            period covered by the Report).


                                       /s/ John F. Ambrose
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                                       John F. Ambrose
                                       President & Chief Executive Officer


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