Preventing disease with immunisation would not be possible without vaccine manufacturers. After making 16 billion doses of polio vaccine since the Polio Eradication Initiative began in 1988, this weekend GSK shared how they get their shots ready to send out to the world’s children.
The tools to prevent disease
- 26 October 2015
- 1 min read
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