Tag: Moderna

Handpicked Moderna’s vaccine deal costs up to $3bn

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The Morrison government went against departmental advice to continue negotiating with another tenderer for a local mRNA vaccine capability and instead handed Moderna a deal that will pay the...

Review of Morrison’s Moderna deal quietly delayed

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
An audit of the federal government’s controversial deal to bring Moderna to Melbourne to manufacture vaccines has been quietly delayed by four months, pushing its findings into the summer...

Govt opens consultation on capitalising on RNA capability

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The federal government is considering further support for parts of the RNA sector after helping establish the southern hemisphere’s first commercial mRNA manufacturing capability in Melbourne. The Industry department...

Moderna opens research hub in Melbourne

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Biotechnology giant Moderna has opened a new research centre and regional headquarters in Melbourne in anticipation of the arrival of its mRNA manufacturing facility next year. The Asia-Pacific Regional...

Moderna finalises multi-billion dollar Aussie partnership

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
As Moderna has finalised its multi-billion dollar partnership with the Commonwealth and Victorian government, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese continued to flag the importance of commercialising local research. Moderna’s multi-billion...

‘Honeypot’: Chief Scientist backs local mRNA manufacturing

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Australia’s Chief Scientist Dr Cathy Foley has backed the domestic manufacturing of US-developed mRNA vaccines, likening the new capability as a “honeypot” which will have benefits beyond Covid-19 and...