- VMIC. Contradiction in headline. Archived Message
Posted by Mary
on May 17, 2020, 11:53 am
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'Coronavirus: Government pledges £93m to fast-track vaccine lab with capacity to produce doses for entire UK in six months Manufacturing centre set to open in summer 2021, 12 months ahead of schedule VMIC UK Ltd is a partnership between The University of Oxford, Imperial College and The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine; supported by Janssen, part of Johnson and Johnson, and Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD); manufacturing expertise and training provided by GE Healthcare. [..] Mr Sharma also announced a £38m investment in a rapid deployment facility to be prepared to begin manufacturing at scale this summer, to support efforts to make any Covid-19 vaccine available to the public as soon as possible. The cash brings the total public and private sector funding for the Vaccines Manufacturing and Innovation Centre (VMIC) to £207m.' https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/coronavirus-vaccine-manufacturing-harwell-science-innovation-campus-oxfordshire-a9518561.html There are so many promises of £millions swilling around of late. |
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