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How the Morrison government passed over an Australian company for a US pharmaceutical giant
Australia’s audit office will probe the Morrison government’s $2 billion deal with US pharmaceutical giant Moderna to set up vaccine manufacturing in Australia.
- by Paul Sakkal and Liam Mannix
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ASX rallies as retail sales grow, investors bet on rates freeze
The Australian sharemarket closed higher on Friday after Wall Street rallied overnight, as investors hope the US Federal Reserve may finally be done with raising interest rates.
- by Millie Muroi
‘It’s not hype’: COVID vaccine technology to fight another deadly virus, then cancer
Scientists are adapting mRNA technology used for COVID-19 vaccinations to combat deadly illnesses, including cancer.
- by Liam Mannix
‘Important vaccine for Australia’: Moderna gears up for RSV jab
Moderna will lodge approval applications for a new vaccine for RSV that could be on the market as soon as next year in a big step forward in its pipeline outside of COVID.
- by Emma Koehn
More ‘science fiction’ in store as Moderna grows up
Less than two years after launching its COVID vaccine to the world, Moderna is cashed up, and ready to expand its market hold with Australia as a key base.
- by Emma Koehn
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mRNA giant wants changes to vaccine regulations to speed up new jabs
BioNTech is one of the world’s two leading mRNA companies, and it has just announced it will open a research and development hub in Melbourne.
- by Liam Mannix
‘Large disruptor’: Moderna’s promise of vaccine ‘cocktail’ could be headache for CSL
Moderna chief Stephane Bancel is thinking well beyond its current COVID vaccines when it comes to the Australian market.
- by Emma Koehn
13 million Novavax doses due to expire as Australians stick to mRNA boosters
Novavax COVID-19 vaccines procured by the federal government are expected to be thrown out after expiring before they could be used.
- by Dana Daniel
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Three-quarters don’t believe COVID cases will rise
The new polling suggests Australians are becoming less spooked by the pandemic, but the exclusive results don’t suggest we have quite reached ambivalence.
- by Anthony Galloway
Moderna sues Pfizer-BioNTech, alleging COVID-19 vaccine patent infringement
Both Moderna and Pfizer have made tens of billions of dollars in coronavirus vaccine sales around the world.
- by Christopher Rowland
Albanese lauds Monash, Moderna vaccine partnership
The facility at Monash’s Clayton campus will be the first site producing mRNA vaccines in the southern hemisphere, and is soon expected to be making 100 million doses each year.
- by Caroline Schelle and Rachel Eddie
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