OTTAWA — A massive new Toronto vaccine factory, tasked with making flu shots and preparing for the next pandemic, won't start producing shots until 2027 — as much as a year later than the company initially envisioned when the plant was first announced.
During the pandemic, Canada was left flat-footed in the race to procure COVID-19 vaccines because there was no domestic capability to make them. Matthieu Puyet, Toronto site head for Sanofi, said Thursday that facility will now be operational in 2027. Between May 2020 and April 2022, Canada promised more than $1.3 billion for 12 new or expanded biomanufacturing plants to make vaccines and antibody treatments.
But many of the aggressive timelines the government set out during COVID-19 have not come to fruition. The NRC has yet to sign a contract with a vaccine company that is looking for a partner to make its doses.The company has faced significant delays in getting its COVID-19 vaccine to market, but saw some positive news earlier this month when it signed a licensing agreement with Sanofi that also injected some much needed financing.
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