Vaccine Manufacturing Hub Will Help UK Meet Coronavirus Challenge

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Vaccine manufacturing capacity has been lost in the UK in recent decades. Now a new Vaccines Manufacturing Innovation Centre will re-seed that capacity and expertise - and the pandemic is accelerating its arrival.

Aerial View of Harwell Campus
The Harwell science campus in Oxford will be home to the VMIC, which should be ready by summer 2021

A new Vaccines Manufacturing Innovation Centre (VMIC) will play a key role in helping the UK produce tens of millions of doses COVID-19 vaccine – if and when the country’s scientists create a safe and effective product.

The VMIC is the UK’s first strategic vaccines manufacturing hub, and plans for the facility’s opening have been brought forward...

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