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New vaccine facility a shot in the arm for Australians
Australian Community Media
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12/4/2024
Australia will be at the top of the vaccine queue for future pandemics as the new Melbourne facility opens.
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With the opening of today's Moderna facility here in Melbourne, we secure yet another tool
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in that toolkit for the next pandemic because unfortunately we do know there will be a next
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pandemic.
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This facility has the capacity to produce up to 100 million doses of locally made vaccine
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in a pandemic response scenario.
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It's a really major step forward to helping Australians be protected against future pandemics
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while supporting local industry.
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With this facility, Australia will be less dependent on imported mRNA vaccines during
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a pandemic.
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We'll be less vulnerable to the supply disruptions or delays caused by global events, a resurgence
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of COVID-19 infections or indeed a new different pandemic.
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This is the only mRNA manufacturing facility that will be found in the southern hemisphere
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and it means from end to end, the research and the manufacturing capacity here will go
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on and produce at full tilt, when the team here are operating at full tilt, up to 100
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million vaccines a year.
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Then there is also two productions of these vaccines for our community, responding, responding
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to the health needs, responding to those viruses and illnesses that can make people very sick.
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And finally too, what we're marking here today is another milestone that continues
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to cement Melbourne alongside London and Boston as global biotech leaders.
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