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And that happened at the existing Pfizer facility in Puurs ( Belgium). As far as I'm aware, no existing facilities were upgraded/expanded? https://www.politico

And that happened at the existing Pfizer facility in Puurs ( Belgium). As far as I'm aware, no existing facilities were upgraded/expanded? https://www.politico.eu/article/belgium-town-puurs-spotlight-coronavirus-vaccine/ https://www.politico.eu/article/belgium-town-puurs-spotlight... A big up for Belgian pharma facilities. But I'm unsure about the role of operation Warp speed on this all. As far as I'm aware, Pfizer/BionTech explicitly avoided any funding through operation Warp Speed. They received an order in phase 3 of the clinical trials. The core issue ( why they partnered with Pfizer) for BionTech was also not production at scale, but handling clinical trials at this scale. Which ( again/also) was not related to Warp Speed.

yzmtf2008 5y ago
> As far as I'm aware, no existing facilities were added? Nowhere in your linked article indicates that "no existing facilities were added". > As of January 2022, the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is manufactured between 11 sites across five countries, including the U.S., Germany, Belgium, Ireland, and Croatia, and engages more than 20 suppliers. https://www.pfizer.com/science/coronavirus/vaccine/manufacturing-and-distribution#:~:text=Where%20is%20the%20Pfizer%2DBioNTech%20COVID%2D19%20vaccine%20made%3F https://www.pfizer.com/science/coronavirus/vaccine/manufactu...
- NicoJuicy 5y ago
  I'm from Belgium and i did follow up on Puurs and i hadn't encountered any news that they needed to upgrade facilities there. That's what you should have copied my whole sentence: "as far as I'm aware, no existing facilities were added". Which in retrospect should be upgraded actually. Didn't notice that mistake.
  - b3orn 5y ago
    Biontech bought production facilities in Germany.
    - NicoJuicy 5y ago
      Yeah, seems to be correct. https://www.brusselstimes.com/131709/biontech-buys-a-novartis-plant-to-increase-vaccine-production-capacity https://www.brusselstimes.com/131709/biontech-buys-a-novarti... But i did mention the facility in Puurs ( since it's from my country), i wasn't keeping track on all of them ofc
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yzmtf2008 5y ago

> As far as I'm aware, no existing facilities were added? Nowhere in your linked article indicates that "no existing facilities were added". > As of January 2022, the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is manufactured between 11 sites across five countries, including the U.S., Germany, Belgium, Ireland, and Croatia, and engages more than 20 suppliers. https://www.pfizer.com/science/coronavirus/vaccine/manufacturing-and-distribution#:~:text=Where%20is%20the%20Pfizer%2DBioNTech%20COVID%2D19%20vaccine%20made%3F https://www.pfizer.com/science/coronavirus/vaccine/manufactu...

NicoJuicy 5y ago
I'm from Belgium and i did follow up on Puurs and i hadn't encountered any news that they needed to upgrade facilities there. That's what you should have copied my whole sentence: "as far as I'm aware, no existing facilities were added". Which in retrospect should be upgraded actually. Didn't notice that mistake.
- b3orn 5y ago
  Biontech bought production facilities in Germany.
  - NicoJuicy 5y ago
    Yeah, seems to be correct. https://www.brusselstimes.com/131709/biontech-buys-a-novartis-plant-to-increase-vaccine-production-capacity https://www.brusselstimes.com/131709/biontech-buys-a-novarti... But i did mention the facility in Puurs ( since it's from my country), i wasn't keeping track on all of them ofc
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