The Chairman and Managing Director of Biological E., one of the leading vaccine manufacturers, Vijay Kumar Datla passed away today. He was 67.
A doctor by profession, he has been associated with Biological E Ltd for 43 years.
The company, the first private sector vaccine producer supplies DPT, Tetanum vaccines to the national universal immunisation programme.
The Hyderabad-based company recently launched the indigenous Japanese Encephalitis vaccine, which has been licensed by the Union Ministry of Health.