EXHIBIT 99.1

                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

      In connection with the Quarterly Report of Pharmos Corporation (the
"Company") on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2002 as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, Haim
Aviv, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C
ss.1350, as adopted pursuant to ss.906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

      1.    the Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) 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 results of operations
            of the Company.


                                              /s/ HAIM AVIV
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                                              Haim Aviv
                                              Chief Executive Officer
                                              August 12, 2002


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