Technical Briefing on Biodiversity: Overview of the R&D process, part 2
by Dr. Markus Boehringer, Vicedirector,
Section Head Metabolic Diseases,
Hoffmann — La Roche, Basel
IFPMA Geneva Pharma Forum on 24 November 2009
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