Prof Davy Koech reveals how KEMRI was started and why KEMRON was rejected

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Prof. Davy Kiprotich Koech looks back and reveals the pain, blood and tears that went into setting up KEMRI and why he refused to renew the patent for KEMRON, a drug KEMRI had developed to treat and manage HIV/AIDS. Prof Davy Koech shudders each time he recalls
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