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Moderna to build RNA vaccine research and production facility in UK

2022-06-21T23:17:32.721Z


The American biotechnology company Moderna will build a research and production center in the United Kingdom dedicated to RNA vaccines...


The American biotechnology company Moderna will build a research and production center in the United Kingdom dedicated to messenger RNA vaccines, the British government announced on Wednesday June 22, stressing that it wanted to prepare

“for future pandemics”

.

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This contract, the financial terms of which have not been communicated, aims to give patients of the British public health service access to

"the next generation of vaccines and treatments"

, indicated the Ministry of Health in a press release.

It provides for a center for research and development on RNA vaccines, a center for the production of vaccines, and the holding of a large part of the clinical trials on British soil.

The government underlines the

“pivotal”

role of this technology in the fight against the pandemic, and its

“potential to allow breakthroughs concerning certain types of diseases such as cancer, influenza, dementia or heart disease”

.

Construction should begin this year for the first vaccines produced in 2025.

“The center will be able to rapidly increase its production in the event of a health emergency, strengthening the United Kingdom's capacity to respond to future pandemics”

, it is specified.

"Our investment will secure vaccines against the most dangerous viruses, putting us at the forefront of battles against future threats

," Prime Minister Boris Johnson said in the statement.

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The United Kingdom, one of the countries most affected by the Covid-19 pandemic with nearly 180,000 deaths, has bought vaccines en masse in recent years, including RNA technologies bought from Pfizer and Moderna, while it mainly produced more classic AstraZeneca/Oxford serums.

Source: lefigaro

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