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PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT

                                  $80,500,000

                                      NABI

                 6 1/2% Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2003
                                      and
               Shares of Common Stock, Par Value $.10 Per Share,
                        Issuable Upon Conversion Thereof


        This Prospectus Supplement (the "Supplement") relates to the resale by
Baird, Patrick & Company, Inc. ("Baird, Patrick") of up to $50,000 aggregate
principal amount of 6 1/2% Convertible Subordinated Notes due 2003 (the
"Notes") of NABI, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), originally issued in
private placements consummated on February 7 and March 6, 1996 (the "Debt
Offering"), pursuant to NABI's Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No.
333-2253) (the "Registration Statement"). This Supplement should be read in
conjunction with the Prospectus dated May 3, 1996, as supplemented to date (the
"Prospectus"), to be delivered with this Supplement. All capitalized terms
used but not defined in this Supplement shall have the meanings given them in
the Prospectus.

        Based on information provided to the Company, the aggregate principal
amount of the Notes that are currently beneficially owned by Baird Patrick is
$50,000, all of which may be sold at this time pursuant to the Prospectus as
supplemented hereby. Additional information concerning the Selling
Securityholders (including Forum) may be set forth from time to time in
additional supplements to the Prospectus. The total outstanding aggregate
principal amount of the Notes is $80,500,000.

        The closing price of the Company's Common Stock as reported on The
Nasdaq National Market on May 2, 1997 was $6.4375 per share.

        The Notes will be subordinated to all existing and future Senior
Indebtedness of the Company. At December 31, 1996, Senior Indebtedness was
approximately $2,400,000. The Indenture contains no limitations on the
incurrence of additional indebtedness or other liabilities by the Company.

        The Notes are neither listed on a national securities exchange nor
quoted on an automated quotation system. However, the Notes are eligible for
trading in the Private Offerings, Resales and Trading through Automated Linkages
("PORTAL") Market. Notes sold pursuant to the Registration Statement will no
longer be eligible for trading in the PORTAL Market.

             The date of this Prospectus Supplement is May 5, 1997.