– Supports West African pandemic readiness program – Accelerates self-sufficient vaccine development and manufacturing in West Africa LAGOS, Nigeria, Dec. 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Merck, a leading science and technology company, today announced that it has signed an agreement with biotechnology company Innovative Biotech (IB) to design the manufacturing process for the first vaccine production […]
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