Morrison government commits $1 billion over 12 years for new vaccine manufacturing facility – The Conversation AU

The federal government has concluded a $1 billion agreement, funded over 12 years, with Seqirus to secure supply from a new high-tech manufacturing facility in Melbourne which would produce pandemic influenza vaccines as well as antivenoms.
This would boost Australias sovereignty when the country was faced with a future pandemic, and make for quick responses.
Seqirus, a subsidiary of CSL Ltd, will invest $800 million in the facility, which will be built at Tullamarine, near Melbourne airport. It…

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