Moderna facility in Montreal area expected to produce 100 million vaccine doses by 2024
Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2022 9:28 pm
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The American pharmaceutical giant Moderna confirmed Friday that it has chosen the greater Montreal area as the location for its new biomanufacturing plant — the company's first outside of the United States.
The $180-million facility is expected to produce 100 million doses of mRNA vaccines per year.
"It's important to have manufacturing in Canada," said Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at McGill University, standing alongside Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel and Quebec Premier François Legault.
The American pharmaceutical giant Moderna confirmed Friday that it has chosen the greater Montreal area as the location for its new biomanufacturing plant — the company's first outside of the United States.
The $180-million facility is expected to produce 100 million doses of mRNA vaccines per year.
"It's important to have manufacturing in Canada," said Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at McGill University, standing alongside Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel and Quebec Premier François Legault.