Davinder Gill On Research For Low-Cost Vaccines: An Interview With PharmAsia News (Part 1 of 2)
This article was originally published in PharmAsia News
Executive Summary
Davinder Gill provides an update on the sharpened focus of the New Delhi-based MSD-Wellcome Trust Hilleman Laboratories as it seeks to narrow its research and development focus in developing vaccines for low-income emerging markets.
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