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Expert View: Second, Third Wave COVID-19 Vaccines Still Have Much To Vie For

India Could Leverage Polio Experience

 
• By Anju Ghangurde

In a broad-ranging interview with Scrip, the ex-CEO of India's Hilleman Laboratories compares the profiles of leading COVID-19 vaccines and urges caution around how far some of the new data now rolling out should be interpreted. The executive also outlines solutions to tackle logistics issues and "vaccine hesitancy" in countries like India.

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As mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines inch closer to the finish line, one industry expert cautions these still have some key milestones to clear and that developers of second- and third-wave candidates should still press on resolutely.

In an wide-ranging interview with Scrip, Davinder Gill, ex-CEO of India's Hilleman Laboratories Pvt. Ltd., said the long- term safety profile of vaccines based on mRNA platforms will need to be watched, though there’s no denying the promise and hope riding on these. (Hilleman Labs is an equal joint-venture partnership between Merck & Co., Inc. and the Wellcome Trust

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