World Ecconomic Forum India Economic Summit | Collaborative strategy for drug discovery
Updated: 2009-11-30 07:39:31
The Coverage of the World Ecconomic Forum India Economic Summit is available at http://blog.livemint.com/wefindia/
I was more interested in the Collaborative Strategy for Drug Development read the interview with Suven Lifesciences a prefered partner to Eli Lilly and Co in Drug Discoverya dn Development in India. http://www.livemint.com/2009/11/10204140/India-Economic-Summit–Collab.html
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