Moderna plots mRNA vaccine factory in Australia that can churn out 100M doses per year
Just two months after Moderna announced plans to build a $500 million mRNA vaccine factory in Africa, the biotech giant agreed “in principle” yesterday on a new mRNA vaccine manufacturing facility — but instead of looking in the US, Europe or Africa again, Moderna is going to the land down under.
While the deal is not set in stone, Moderna said that the biotech and the Australian government are committed to finalizing the agreement. As for the financial aspects of the deal, they have not been publicly disclosed.
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