Vaccine-maker Moderna has opened a new manufacturing base in Oxfordshire in a boost to the pharmaceutical industry after other major firms shelved or paused planned UK investments this year.The company said the Moderna Innovation and Technology Centre at the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, near Chilton, is the UK's first facility to manufacture mRNA jabs onshore.The facility can make up to 100 million doses per year, rising to 250 million in a pandemic, and will create around 150 highly s

Vaccine-maker Moderna has opened a new manufacturing base in Oxfordshire in a boost to the pharmaceutical industry after other major firms shelved or paused planned UK investments this year.The company said the Moderna Innovation and Technology Centre at the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, near Chilton, is the UK's first facility to manufacture mRNA jabs onshore.The facility can make up to 100 million doses per year, rising to 250 million in a pandemic, and will create around 150 highly skilled jobs, the Government said.It comes amid a challenging backdrop for investment for the sector.Footage credit: Moderna