Virus vaccine manufacture in final stage – Wellington Times

The manufacture of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in Australia will reach the final stages next week.
Melbourne-based biotechnology company CSL says this means the first doses will likely be released at the end of March, subject to regulatory approval.
Local manufacture of the vaccine, developed by the University of Oxford, has been underway since late last year at CSL’s manufacturing facility in Broadmeadows, Victoria.
Early next week, the final manufacturing phase will begin at CSL’s other facility…

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