The World Vaccine Congress Asia named Dr. John D. Clemens, Director-General of the International Vaccine Institute (IVI) as “Vaccine Executive of the Year” at its Vaccine Industry Excellence (ViE) Asia 2010 Awards in Singapore. IVI, headquartered in Seoul, Korea, is described as “the world’s only international organization devoted exclusively to developing and introducing new and improved vaccines for the world’s poorest people, especially children.”  The award citation stated: “Dr. Clemens was recognized for exhibiting visionary leadership with an outstanding degree of commitment to disease prevention and control with vaccine research and development.” The organization said the finalists included Weidong Yin, CEO of the Chinese vaccine manufacturer Sinovac Biotech, and Cyrus Poonawalla, Chairman of the Serum Institute of India, noting that Dr. Clemens “emerged as the winner in the second round of voting, which involved 10,000 voters.”

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