Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel says a location for mRNA production plant within Canada is still needed, but he anticipates products would be ready to ship by 2024
Federal Innovation Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne, left, and Stephane Bancel, chief executive of Moderna Therapeutics, visit a COVID-19 vaccination clinicon Aug. 10, 2021 in Montreal.Moderna Inc. announced an agreement with the federal government to build an mRNA vaccine manufacturing facility in Canada, boosting the country’s efforts to reduce its dependence on others for vaccine supply.
During the slow initial rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, the federal government came under fire for failing to build domestic biomanufacturing capacity, relying instead on other countries to supply vaccines. In recent months, Ottawa has made multiple investments to boost domestic vaccine manufacturing. Itlife sciences and biomanufacturing sector.to produce its COVID-19 vaccine candidate at the National Research Council’s new Montreal facility, completed in June.
As part of the agreement with the company, the Canadian government can also instruct Moderna to switch its production line to meet Ottawa’s needs, he said. D. Lorne Tyrell, founding director of the Li Ka Shing Institute of Virology and a distinguished professor in the Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Alberta, welcomed the news on Tuesday, saying it will help retain the scientific talent pool in Canada.He cautioned, however, that the country needs to support the basic sciences to ensure its biomanufacturing facilities are at the cutting edge.
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