CANBERRA — Australia has invited proposals from pharmaceutical firms to establish domestic manufacturing of mRNA vaccines, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said, as Canberra seeks to strengthen the nation’s ability to respond to future pandemics.
Earlier this month, the government announced it was in talks with Moderna to establish mRNA vaccine production, and on Friday Canberra said other companies had two months to submit their own proposals.
“We have called for those proposals to come forward and to find out exactly what is needed from those proponents to see these facilities and capabilities being established here in Australia,” Morrison told reporters in Tasmania.
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