EXHIBIT 10.1(d)

                              EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
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          DR. JOSEPH P. LAURINO AND AMERICAN BIOGENETIC SCIENCES, INC.
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     AGREEMENT,  dated  as of the  3rd day of  February,  1997,  by and  between
AMERICAN BIOGENETIC SCIENCES,  INC., a Delaware  corporation,  having a place of
business at 1375 Akron Street,  Copiague, New York 11726 (hereinafter designated
and referred to as  "Company"),  and Joseph P.  Laurino,  Ph.D. of 10 Eagle Nest
Drive, Lincoln, RI 02865 (hereinafter designated and referred to as "Employee").

     WHEREAS,  the Company  desires to employ the  Employee  in the  capacity of
Senior Vice President Research and Development of the Company; and

     WHEREAS,  Employee is willing to accept such employment by the Company, all
in accordance with provisions hereinafter set forth.

     NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises and mutual covenants herein
contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:

     1. Term: The term of this Agreement shall be for a period of five (5) years
commencing  February 3, 1997 and  automatically  terminating on February 3, 2002
subject to earlier  termination as provided  herein or unless extended by mutual
consent of both parties in writing  sixty (60) days prior to the end of the term
of this Agreement or any extension thereof, but nothing herein shall require the
Company to agree to any specific  term or condition  or to any  continuation  of
your employment beyond February 3, 2002.

     2. Employment: Subject to the terms and conditions and for the compensation
hereinafter set forth,  the Company employs the Employee for and during the term
of this Agreement. Employee is hereby employed by the Company as its Senior Vice
President  - Research  and  Development,  his powers and duties of an  executive
nature  which are  appropriate  for an Senior  Vice  President  -  Research  and
Development  shall be determined  only by the Chairman of the Board or the Board
of  Directors  or their duly  authorized  designee,  from time to time;  and the
Employee does hereby accept such  employment  and agrees to use his best efforts
and to devote all his normal  business time,  during the term of this Agreement,
to the performance of his duties  faithfully,  diligently and to the best of his
abilities upon the conditions  hereinafter  set forth.  Employee shall report to
the  Chairman  of the  Board and Board of  Directors  (collectively  hereinafter
referred to as the "Board") of the Company.

     3. Compensation:  During the term of this Agreement,  the Company agrees to
pay Employee, and Employee agrees to accept, an annual salary of One Hundred and
Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000.00) per year less all applicable taxes, payable
every two weeks, for all services rendered by Employee hereunder including being
a Director of the  Company if elected to the Board of  Directors.  The  Employee
shall be entitled to an annual bonus of up to twenty percent (20%) of his annual
salary based on goals mutually agreed to between the parties.


     4.  Expenses:  The Company shall  reimburse  Employee,  not less often than
monthly,  for all reasonable  and actual  business  expenses  incurred by him in
connection with his service to the Company, upon


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submission  by  him  of  appropriate   vouchers  and  expense  account  reports.
Specially,  but  without  limitation,  Employee  shall  be paid  his  reasonable
expenses on trips to Long Island, New York.

     5.  Benefits:  In addition to the salary to be paid to Employee  hereunder,
the Company  shall  provide  medical and dental  insurance  and any  disability,
pension,  retirement  or other  qualified  plans  adopted for the benefit of its
employees,  and in accordance with the Company's Plan(s).  The Employee shall be
entitled to a two (2) weeks annual vacation.

     6. Extent of Service:  The Employee during the term of this Agreement shall
devote his full normal  business time,  attention and energy and render his best
efforts  and  skill  to the  business  of the  Company,  but  employee  shall be
permitted all  reasonable  time  necessary to perform his  obligations  under an
existing contract with the Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island.

     7. Restrictive Covenant: (A) Employee acknowledges that (i) the business in
which the Company is engaged is intensely competitive and that his employment by
the Company will require  that he have access to and  knowledge of  confidential
information  of the  Company,  including,  but not  limited  to,  certain of the
Company's  confidential  plans for the creation,  acquisition  or disposition of
products,  expansion plans,  product  development  plans,  financial status, and
plans and personnel information and trade secrets, which are of vital importance
to the success of the Company's business; (ii) the direct or indirect disclosure
of any such confidential information to existing or potential competitors of the
Company  would  place the  Company at a  competitive  disadvantage  and would to
damage,  financial and otherwise,  to the Company's  business;  and (iii) by his
training,  experience and expertise, some of his services to the Company will be
special and unique.  (B) Employee agrees that, during the term of this Agreement
and if the Agreement is terminated by the Company for cause, for a period of one
(1) year  after the  termination  of this  Agreement,  he will not  directly  or
indirectly become affiliated as an officer, director,  employee or consultant or
as a substantial security holder with any other company or entity whose business
is directly competitive with any business then being conducted by the Company or
its  subsidiaries  within the Continental  United States or in countries  abroad
participating  in  the  Company's  Global  Network.   For  the  purpose  hereof,
"substantial security holder" shall mean ownership,  directly or indirectly,  of
more than 5% of any class of securities of a company or partnership  interest in
any partnership other than the existing patent contract between the employee and
the Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island.

     8. Discoveries, etc.:

     [A] The Company shall be the owner,  without further  compensation,  of all
rights of every kind in and with respect to any reports, materials,  inventions,
processes, discoveries,  improvements,  modifications, know-how or trade secrets
hereafter made, prepared, invented,  discovered,  acquired, suggested or reduced
to practice  (hereinafter  designated  and referred to as "Property  Rights") by
Employee in connection  with  Employee's  performance of his duties  pursuant to
this Agreement, and the Company shall be entitled to utilize and dispose of such
in such manner as it may determine.

     [B] The  Employee  agrees to and shall  promptly  disclose to the Board all
Property Rights (whether or not patentable) made,  discovered or conceived of by
him, alone or with others,  at any time during his employment  with the Company.
Any such Property Rights will be the sole and exclusive property of the Company,
and Employee will execute any assignments requested by the Company of his right,
title or interest in any such Property  Rights.  In addition,  the Employee will
also provide the Company with any other  instruments  or documents  requested by
the  Company,  at the  Company's  expense,  as may be  necessary or desirable in
applying for and obtaining patents with respect thereto in the United States and
all foreign  countries.  The Employee also agrees to cooperate  with the Company
and to devote reasonable time to the


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prosecution  or  defense  of any  patent  claims or  litigation  or  proceedings
involving  inventions,  trade  secrets,   trademarks,   services  marks,  secret
processes,  discoveries  or  improvements,  whether or not he is employed by the
Company at the time.

     9. Confidential Information:  Employee recognizes and acknowledges that the
Company,  through the expenditure of considerable  time and money, will acquire,
has developed and will continue to develop in the future,  information,  skills,
confidential information,  know-how,  formulae,  technical expertise and methods
relating to or forming part of the  Company's  services and products and conduct
of its business,  and that the same are confidential  and  proprietary,  and are
"trade secrets" of the Company.  Employee understands and agrees that such trade
secrets  give or may give  the  Company  a  significant  competitive  advantage.
Employee  further  recognizes that the success of the Company depends on keeping
confidential  both the trade secrets already developed or to be acquired and any
future developments of trade secrets.  Employee understands that in his capacity
with the Company he will be entrusted  with knowledge of such trade secrets and,
in recognition of the importance  thereof and in consideration of his employment
by the Company  hereunder,  agrees that he will not,  without the consent of the
Board,  make any  disclosure of trade secrets now or hereafter  possessed by the
Company to any person, partnership, corporation or entity either during or after
the term hereunder,  except to such employees of the Company or its subsidiaries
or affiliates, if any, as may be necessary in the regular course of business and
except as may be required pursuant to any court order, judgment or decision from
any court of  competent  jurisdiction.  The  provisions  of this  Section  shall
continue  in full  force and  effect  notwithstanding  any  termination  of this
Agreement.

     10. Irreparable Harm:  Employee agrees that any breach or threatened breach
by Employee of provisions  set forth in Sections  seven (7),  eight (8) and nine
(9) of this Agreement,  would cause the Company irreparable harm and the Company
may obtain  injunctive  relief  against  such actual or  threatened  conduct and
without the necessity of a bond.

     11.  Return  of  Company  Property:  Employee  agrees  that  following  the
termination of his  employment  for any reason,  he shall return all property of
the Company which is then in or thereafter comes into his possession, including,
but not limited to, documents, contracts, agreements, plans, photographs, books,
notes, electronically stored data and all copies of the foregoing as well as any
other materials or equipment supplied by the Company to the Employee.

     12. Termination:

     [A]  Death:  In the event of the  Employee's  death  during the term of his
employment,  this Agreement shall automatically  terminate on the date of death,
and  Employee's  estate shall be entitled to payment of Employee's  salary until
date of death.

     [B] Disability:  In the event the Employee, by reason of physical or mental
incapacity,  shall be  disabled  for a period  of at least  two (2)  consecutive
months  in any of the  years of this  Agreement  or any  extension  hereof,  the
Company shall have the option at any time  thereafter,  to terminate  Employee's
employment and to terminate this Agreement; such termination to be effective ten
(10) days after the Company  gives  written  notice of such  termination  to the
Employee, and all obligations of the Company hereunder shall cease upon the date
of such termination. "Incapacity" as used herein shall mean the inability of the
Employee to perform his normal  duties as Senior Vice  President - Research  and
Development.



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     [C] Company's Rights To Terminate This Agreement:

          [a] The Company  shall have the right,  before the  expiration  of the
term of this  Agreement,  to terminate this Agreement and to discharge  Employee
for cause (hereinafter "Cause"), and all compensation to Employee shall cease to
accrue  upon  discharge  of the  Employee  for Cause.  For the  purposes of this
Agreement,  the term  "Cause"  shall mean the  Employee's  (i)  violation of the
Company's  written policy or specific written  directions of the Chairman of the
Board  which  directions  are  consistent  with  normally   acceptable  business
practices  or the failure to  observe,  or the failure or refusal to perform any
obligations  required to be performed in accordance  with this  Agreement.  (ii)
admission or conviction of a serious crime involving moral turpitude or (iii) if
the Chairman of the Board  determines that employee has committed a demonstrable
act (or omission) of  malfeasance  seriously  detrimental to this Company (which
shall not include any exercise of business judgment in good faith).

          [b] If the Company,  elects to  terminate  Employee's  employment  for
Cause,  under  Section 12 [C]  [a](i),  the Company  shall  first give  Employee
written notice and a period of thirty (30) days to cure such Cause,  and if such
Cause is not cured in said thirty (30) days, such termination shall be effective
five (5) days after the Company gives written notice of such  termination to the
Employee.  In the event of a termination of the Employee's  employment for Cause
in accordance with the provisions of Section 12 [C][a](ii) or (iii), the Company
shall have no further  obligation  to the  Employee,  except for the  payment of
salary through the date of such termination from employment.

     13.  Travel:  Employee  agrees to work out of the offices of the Company in
Boston,  Massachusetts  and  spend so much of his  normal  business  time at the
facilities  of the Company at  Copiague,  New York,  as is necessary to properly
fulfill his duties as its Senior  Vice  President  - Research  and  Development.
Employee  agrees to relocate if so required and reasonable  relocation  expenses
shall be paid by the  Company.  In  addition,  the  Employee  agrees that to the
extent required he shall travel both  domestically and  internationally  for the
Company.

     14. Waiver: Any waiver by either party of a breach of any provision of this
Agreement  shall not operate as or be  construed as a waiver of any other breach
or default hereof.

     15.  Governing  Law:  The  validity  of  this  Agreement  or of  any of the
provisions  hereof shall be  determined  under and  according to the laws of the
State of New York,  and this  Agreement  and its  provisions  shall be construed
according to the laws of the State of New York  without  reference to its choice
of law rules.


     16. Notice:  Any notice  required to be given pursuant to the provisions of
this  Agreement  shall be in writing and by  registered  or  certified  mail and
mailed to the following addresses:

            Company:        American Biogenetic Sciences, Inc.
                            1375 Akron Street
                            Copiague, New York 11726
                            Attention: Alfred J. Roach
                            Chairman and CEO

            Employee:       Joseph P. Laurino, Ph.D.
                            10 Eagle Nest Drive
                            Lincoln, Rhode Island 02864


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     17. Assignment: The Employee's assignment of this Agreement or any interest
herein,  or any  monies  due or to become  due by  reason  of the terms  hereof,
without the prior written  consent of the Company shall be void.  This Agreement
shall be binding upon the Company,  its successors  (including any transferee of
the good will of the Company) or assigns.

     18. Miscellaneous: This Agreement contains the entire understanding between
the  parties  hereto and  supersedes  all other oral and written  agreements  or
understandings  between them. No  modification  or addition  hereto or waiver or
cancellation  of any provision  shall be valid except by a writing signed by the
party to be charged therewith.

     19.  Obligations  of a Continuing  Nature:  It is expressly  understood and
agreed that the covenants,  agreements and restrictions undertaken by or imposed
on Employee  hereunder,  which are stated to exist or continue after termination
of Employee's employment with the Company, shall exist and continue irrespective
of  the  method  or   circumstances  of  such  termination  from  employment  or
termination of this Agreement.

     20. Severability:  Employee agrees that if any of the covenants, agreements
or  restrictions  on the part of Employee are held to be invalid by any court of
competent  jurisdiction,  such  holding  will not  invalidate  any of the  other
covenants,  agreements  and/or  restrictions  herein  contained and such invalid
provisions shall be severable so that the invalidity of any such provision shall
not  invalidate  any  others.  Moreover,  if any one or  more of the  provisions
contained  in  this  Agreement  shall  be  held to be  excessively  broad  as to
duration,  activity or subject,  such provisions  shall be construed by limiting
and  reducing  them so as to be  enforceable  to the maximum  extent  allowed by
applicable law.

     21. Representation:  Employee represents and warrants that he has the legal
right to enter into this Agreement and to perform all of the  obligations on his
part to be performed hereunder in accordance with its terms and that he is not a
party to any agreement or  understanding,  written or oral,  which  prevents him
from  entering  into  this  Agreement  or  performing  all  of  his  obligations
hereunder.  In the event of a breach of such  representation  or warranty on his
part or if there is any other legal  impediment which prevents him from entering
into this Agreement or performing all of his obligations hereunder,  the Company
shall have the right to  terminate  this  Agreement in  accordance  with Section
12[C][a];  in which event the "Cause" shall not be deemed  curable under Section
12[C][b],  and  Employee  will save  harmless  the Company in the event of legal
action by former employers for injunction relief or damages.

     22. Stock  Option:  Employee and the Company  agree that a stock option has
been granted to purchase  100,000  shares of Class A Common Stock of the Company
in accordance with the Company's Stock Option Plan ("Plan"),  exercisable at the
rate of 25% per  year.  The  options  will be  subject  to all of the  terms and
conditions  of the  Plan and  Employee  hereby  agrees  to all  such  terms  and
conditions.

     23. Descriptive Headings.  The paragraphs headings contained herein are for
reference   purposes   only  and  shall  not  in  any  affect  the   meaning  or
interpretation of this Agreement.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have duly executed this Agreement as of the
day and year first above written.



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                                          AMERICAN BIOGENETIC SCIENCES, INC.


                                          By:/s/ Alfred J. Roach
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                                             Alfred J. Roach
                                             Chairman and CEO


                                          By:/s/ Joseph P. Laurino
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                                             Joseph P. Laurino, Ph.D.
                                             Employee



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