Podcast: Ex-Hilleman CEO On COVID-19 Vaccine Heterologous Boosting, Endemic Disease

Regulators Face Tough Time

As more countries adopt heterologous boosting of COVID-19 vaccines in a bid to improve supplies and/or immunity while reducing side effects, vaccines expert and ex-Hilleman CEO Davinder Gill talks to Scrip in an audio interview on the challenges of the strategy and of the disease becoming endemic.

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Vaccines Expert, Ex-Hilleman CEO Davinder Gill Talks To Scrip On COVID-19 Vaccines

With multiple waves of COVID-19 still hitting countries across the world, a number have looked at strategies to counter the disease’s impact on their populations.

Some like the US and UK, which have companies such as AstraZeneca PLC, Pfizer Inc., Moderna, Inc....

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