Article by Amanda Doyle
SANOFI is investing €400m (US$479m) over five years to build a new vaccine production facility in Singapore.
The new vaccine centre is being developed in partnership with the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB). It will mainly supply Asia and complement Sanofi’s existing facilities in Europe and North America.
The facility will be able to produce new vaccines quickly in response to future pandemics. The project is currently in the design phase and is being designed to have a central unit which contains several fully-digitalised modules. These will allow the simultaneous production of up to four vaccines, compared to only one in current sites. The facility will be able to use different vaccine manufacturing technology platforms based on different cell types.
Sanofi investing S$638 million for the production of vaccine in Singapore
Photo by: Lionel Allorge/Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0) Wednesday, April 14, 2021 9:26 AM UTC
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Sanofi confirmed on Monday, April 12, that it is investing in Singapore for its vaccine production in the region. The French drugmaker is spending S$637 million or around €400 million that will be given out in over five years.
Sanofi’s new facility will be set up at SG’s Tuas Biomedical Park, and it will mainly be for the production of vaccines to be supplied in Asia. It was said that with the investment, the company is not just aiming to produce a massive amount of vaccines but to be able to quickly respond to pandemic risks that can happen in the future.
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This "first-in-Asia, digitally-enabled" factory is expected to create up to 200 local jobs in Singapore s manufacturing sector, and enhance the country s position as a "regional innovation hub for the healthcare industry."