John Beale (virologist)
Alan John Beale (23 July 1923 - 9 December 2005) was a leading expert on vaccines and viruses.  While working for Glaxo, he was responsible for starting the industrial scale production of Jonas Salk's vaccine against polio.

History
1958: Headed a team that isolated some of the viruses that cause croup while working in The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto.

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English scientists
1923 births
2005 deaths
Vaccinologists
British virologists
Polio
GSK plc people
British expatriates in Canada