Amgen Exec Backs WHO’s ‘Biological Qualifier’, Says First Ones Could Be Issued By End Of 2017
Executive Summary
An Amgen executive says that the WHO should press ahead with its “biological qualifier” proposal, and suggests that the first BQs could be issued towards the end of 2017.
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