"With the launch of the MSD Wellcome Trust Hilleman Laboratories, we start a new era of innovative vaccine development for low income countries...Our strategy will focus on the four pillars of change - discovery, development, delivery and health diplomacy"... more»
Altaf Lal, Ph.D., MSc, is Chief Executive Officer of the MSD Wellcome Trust Hilleman Laboratories...
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About Dr. Hilleman
The pioneering vaccine scientist Maurice Hilleman, Ph.D., has been called the father of modern vaccinology. Viewed by scientists and public health experts as a hero of vaccine research, Dr. Hilleman is credited with saving hundreds of millions of lives through the development of more than 30 vaccines.