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The newly opened Moderna Technology Centre at Monash University in Clayton, Melbourne.

‘We don’t have a Team Australia approach’: Vaccine facility rejects plea for help

A request by NSW to access a taxpayer-funded Moderna mRNA facility was knocked back, raising more questions about how much value Australia is getting from the facility.

  • Liam Mannix and Paul Sakkal

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Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Health Minister Greg Hunt have defended the vaccine rollout.

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.

  • Paul Sakkal and Liam Mannix
Wall Street rallied on hopes the Fed will keep interest rates on hold.

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.

  • Millie Muroi
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‘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.

  • Liam Mannix
Moderna has finalised its application to medical regulators for an omicron-specific vaccine.

‘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.

  • Emma Koehn
Moderna chief executive Stephane Bancel.

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.

  • Emma Koehn
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Technicians at work in a BioNTech lab in Germany.

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.

  • Liam Mannix
Moderna chief executive Stephane Bancel.

‘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.

  • Emma Koehn
Protection, not perfection: Neither vaccines nor infection give us long-lasting immunity against COVID reinfection.

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.

  • Dana Daniel
A stockpile of COVID-19 rapid antigen tests on display at Southon’s Chemist in Sydney.

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.

  • Anthony Galloway

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