MRNA Vaccines

• Moderna to begin manufacturing mRNA vaccines in Cambridge, Ont.

  Ontario Premier Doug Ford says the Moderna facility will help manufacture mRNA vaccines in Cambridge and bring 'good paying jobs' to the region.

  Canada

  May 4, 2023
  
• Feds hold groundbreaking ceremony for Moderna’s mRNA vaccine factory in Montreal area

  The factory in Laval, Que., is expected to be completed in 2024 at the earliest and produce 100 million doses of mRNA vaccines per year.

  Canada

  Nov 7, 2022
  
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• Moderna suing Pfizer over patent for ‘foundational’ COVID-19 mRNA vaccine

  Moderna announced the lawsuits and alleged that the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine 'infringes patents Moderna filed between 2010 and 2016 covering Moderna's foundational mRNA technology.'

  Canada

  Aug 26, 2022
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• COVID-19 mRNA vaccines safe to use during pregnancy, new Canadian study finds

  A new Canadian study that looked at 191,360 women found that COVID-19 mRNA vaccines do not increase the risk of miscarriages or other pregnancy complications.

  Canada

  Aug 10, 2022
• NACI outlines guidelines for Medigaco’s Canada-made COVID vaccine. Here’s what’s new

  NACI said the Medicago Covifenz COVID-19 vaccine is an option for people who have been unable, due to an existing health condition, or unwilling to receive an mRNA vaccine.

  Canada

  Mar 11, 2022
• Moderna to set up Africa’s first mRNA vaccine manufacturing facility

  Moderna said it expects to invest about $500 million in the Kenyan facility and supply as many as 500 million doses of mRNA vaccines to the continent each year.

  World

  Mar 7, 2022
• Moderna begins trial of HIV vaccine that uses mRNA technology

  Moderna credits mRNA technology for potentially shaving years off typical vaccine development times. First doses of the vaccine have been administered in a clinical trial.

  Health

  Jan 27, 2022
• J&J COVID-19 vaccine protects against breakthrough infections, study says

  Johnson & Johnson said protection against COVID-19 infection from its single-dose vaccine starts to wane only from the fourth month.

  Health

  Jan 6, 2022
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• New Moderna plant welcomed by public health experts but more details needed

  Experts are happy that Canada will increase its capacity to make vaccines at home, but wish it had happened years ago.

  Health

  Aug 10, 2021
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• Some Edmontonians hesitant to get Moderna COVID-19 vaccine amid Pfizer shortage

  "We're seeing concepts like brand hesitancy, where's there's been a preference of one brand over the other," pharmacist Eddie Wong said.

  Canada

  Jun 25, 2021