Category: COVID-19 vaccine manufacturing

South Australia to Become Home to First MRNA Factory Outside US

South Australia has announced a partnership with the international biotech enterprise, BioCina, to become home to the first mRNA development and production facility in Australia and make homegrown mRNA vaccines a reality. Last year, U.S. biotech giant Moderna and the Australian government agreed to build the first mRNA vaccine manufacturing facility outside North America. Construction…


South Australia to Become Home to 1st Operational mRNA Factory Outside US

South Australia has announced a partnership with the international biotech enterprise, BioCina, to become home to the first mRNA development and production facility in Australia and make homegrown mRNA vaccines a reality. Last year, U.S. biotech giant Moderna and the Australian government agreed to build the first mRNA vaccine manufacturing facility outside North America. Construction…


Pandemic Lessons Learned: Rushed COVID Vaccines

Commentary I was a young vaccine research scientist when SARS-CoV-1 emerged in China and spread around the world in 2003, killing 811 people. Our team jumped on the newly available SARS-CoV genomic sequence, applying the then state-of-the-art bioinformatics tools to design a vaccine against the disease. In the end, the project did not move forward…


Aussie mRNA Vaccine Manufacturers to Be Decided This Week

Health Minister Greg Hunt says the federal government is in the advanced stages of determining which companies will manufacture mRNA vaccinations in Australia this week. Currently, Australia imports all mRNA vaccines such as Pfizer and Moderna. The only COVID-19 vaccine manufactured domestically is AstraZeneca, which is an adenovirus vaccine. Hunt did not speculate on the…