Australia Wants mRNA Vaccines Made Onshore

Vials with Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccine labels are seen in this illustration picture taken on March 19, 2021. Dado Ruvic/Reuters

On Friday, the Australian government will commence an “approach to market” for developing the capacity to make messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines in Australia.

This comes as the government negotiates with Moderna about setting up an onshore manufacturing facility for mRNA vaccines.