WILMINGTON — Kris Vaddi always knew he wanted to discover new treatments and medicines from the moment he was 10 years old as he watched his physician father take patients at his clinic in India.

Vaddi would sit quietly and observe his father, completely entranced by the fact he could offer medicine to treat their ailments. He would come to the clinic at least once a week.

“You would see the pharmaceutical sales reps come by and drop off glossy brochures and samples. I would take them all and study them,” Vaddi said. “I never even asked myself what I wanted to do with my life. It was something that I wanted to pursue.”

It’s common for students in India to go to medical school, he said. Vaddi decided to go down a different path and study veterinary medicine. But his keen interest in drug

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