Sir Alfred Shepperd, former Chairman Wellcome Foundation

Interviewee joined the company in 1972 as Finance Director and was chairman 1977-1990.

Topics discussed include:

* restructuring of company and redundancy scheme

* manufacturing in India; Foot and Mouth disease

* company's relationship with Chairmen of WT, and with WT generally

* Fred Coe

* Bill Sullivan

* Aids/Retrovir, pricing and public reaction

* research: UK and USA

* Septrin

* flotation, legal implications for WT

4 audioocassettes (6 hour)

Record created in November 2024 to reflect AV and Paper records stored in separate locations for WF/M/AV/O/02/51

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