Tag: mRNA

BioCina, a biologics Contract Development and Manufacturing Organisation (CDMO), has joined hands with NovaCina, a global fill-and-finish CDMO, to establish a strategic alliance aimed at offering integrated drug substance and drug product solutions for biologics developers.

Global medical technology company Moderna has appointed Emma Harrington as the inaugural manufacturing site head for the company’s new mRNA vaccine manufacturing site in Australia. 

La Trobe University’s Melbourne campus will soon become home to a new BioNTech facility that will manufacture new investigational mRNA therapies for serious diseases like cancer. 

US biotech giant Moderna is establishing an mRNA Platform Incubator Network in Australia to advance the nation’s mRNA medicine and scientific excellence in clinical translation. 

Biotech manufacturing startups and research teams in Victoria can now apply for grants as part of the third round of the mRNA Victoria Research Acceleration Fund. 

Researchers from the University of Queensland have collaborated with UK-based biotech company Oxford Nanopore Technologies to simplify and ensure the quality of manufactured mRNA vaccines. 

The Australian Government has issued a discussion paper on Australia’s RNA technology industry to pinpoint opportunities for growth and help the Department of Industry, Science and Resources (DISR) gain a clearer understanding of the technologies currently under development in the country. 

Biotechnology giant Moderna is opening a Regional Research Centre and Headquarters in Melbourne, boosting advancements in the local mRNA industry in Victoria. 

Researchers at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre are set to receive a $1 million grant from the Victorian government for the development of new mRNA treatments for various hard-to-treat cancers.  

Queensland universities, research institutions, and leading businesses in the biomedical industry are set to showcase their innovations at the largest biotechnology conference in the world, the BIO International Convention in the United States.