Microbix Chinese vaccine plant boosts global capacity by 20%

Now all we need to do is make a product without contaminations...

Canada-based Microbix has pulled off a coup in sealing a deal with the Chinese government for construction of a facility that will increase the world's vaccine supply by 20 per cent.

Construction of the $198m plant is to be jointly funded by Microbix and the Hunan provincial government, with the site due to become operational in 2013.

A more unusual aspect of the deal will see Microbix construct a replica of the childhood home of Dr Norman Bethune, a Canadian physician who is revered in China for his medical work assisting Chinese communists in resisting the Japanese in the late 1930s.

William Gastle, CEO of Microbix, said: "We've been working for a number of years to bring our technology to market, so today we're delighted to be partnering with the Province of Hunan in building and ultimately operating the most modern and efficient flu vaccine manufacturing facility on the planet.

"This will make China a leader in the production of flu vaccines, and Virusmax the technology of choice in helping other manufacturers in other countries expand their capacity to meet the needs of their populations."

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