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Vaccines for the Poor: High Hopes in Hyderabad

The Role of Developing Country Vaccine Manufacturers in Global Health

Two weeks ago I traveled to Hyderabad, India, to attend the annual meeting of the Developing Country Vaccine Manufacturers Network (DCVMN).

This unusual alliance brings together vaccine companies in India, China, Brazil and a number of other mostly middle-income countries. Vaccine manufacturing in these countries is not new—many countries have long had factories, often state-owned, that produced basic vaccines for government immunization programs.