It has agreed a deal with Swiss-based drugmaker Lonza which said a new drug substance production line in Geleen, Netherlands, will have capacity to make ingredients for up to 300 million doses annually at 50 micrograms per dose.
Samsung Biologics hopes to produce substances for Moderna vaccine
Posted : 2021-05-24 16:50
Updated : 2021-05-24 16:53
President Moon Jae-in, center, poses with Samsung Biologics CEO John Rim, left and Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel during a vaccine partnership event held between Korea and the United States at a hotel in Washington, D.C., May 22. Yonhap
By Baek Byung-yeul
With Samsung Biologics and U.S. biotechnology firm Moderna agreeing to produce the latter s COVID-19 vaccine at the former s facility in Korea starting in the third quarter of this year, industry officials said Monday the Samsung affiliate was hoping to reach a possible technology sharing deal under which it could gain the know-how to independently handle the production of pharmaceutical substances for vaccines.
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FILE PHOTO: A logo is pictured on the Ibex building of Lonza, where the Moderna mRNA coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine will be produced, in Visp, Switzerland, September 29, 2020. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
ZURICH (Reuters) - Three new Lonza production lines that manufacture ingredients for Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine are due to be producing at capacity by the end of June, Chief Executive Pierre-Alain Ruffieux said on Thursday in an interview.
Ruffieux spoke to Reuters after Lonza extended a deal with Moderna to build three additional lines, doubling existing capacity in 2022.
Also in the interview, Lonza Chairman Albert Baehny said it remains “speculation” to say that the Basel-based company will fall short of production targets for Moderna in the second quarter, adding the quarter has only just begun and that Lonza is working to remedy staffing challenges.
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1of12Demonstrators of the Io apro (I open) movement face police during a protest against restriction measures to curb the spread of COVID-19, in Rome, Monday, April 12, 2021. Italian restaurant owners from all over Italy and others angry at having their businesses shut for weeks due to a virus lockdown scuffled with police Monday during a non-authorized protest nearby the Parliament in Rome. (Roberto Monaldo/LaPresse via AP)Roberto Monaldo/APShow MoreShow Less
2of12In this photo provided by the Michigan Office of the Governor, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer addresses the state during a speech in Lansing, Mich. Friday, April 9, 2021. Faced with the country s highest rate of new coronavirus infections, Whitmer on Friday urged a two-week suspension of in-person high school classes, all youth sports and indoor restaurant dining. (Michigan Office of the Governor via AP)APShow