Manoj Kumar Chhikara
Hilleman Laboratories Pvt. Ltd, India
Biography
Dr. Manoj Kumar, Ph.D. (Bacteriology), presently working as Associate Director, R&D at MSD Wellcome Trust Hilleman Labs is heading the conjugate vaccine research portfolios. In his 15 years of research career, he has worked on several vaccine, biosimilar product and diagnostics development projects. He has 9 patent applications, 11 publications, 2 book chapters, 4 popular articles, 7 gene sequences, 12 national and international awards in his name. He is a contributing scientist on revision of WHO TRS927 Annex 2 for manufacture and evaluation of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines. His focus areas include: New vaccine development; Cost effective vaccine technologies; Developing faster analytical methods, and Technology transfers.
Abstract
Abstract : How promising is the development of a semi-synthetic meningococcal conjugate vaccine? - a case study