Montreal chosen as location for new Canadian Moderna vaccine-manufacturing plant
The facility is expected to produce mRNA vaccines for a variety of diseases with a capacity of 30 million doses of vaccine per year.Under the agreement unveiled in August, Canada would not only get priority access to the doses, it would also have the ability to dictate what exactly the factory makes, allowing it the flexibility to respond to new or emerging threats.
“The Government of Canada has the right at its own discretion to call the facility to make a product that it wants,” Bancel said at the announcement.— with files from Global News’ Leslie Young and the Canadian Press’ Mia RobinsonHow mRNA vaccine technology could help fight other diseases – May 18, 2021
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