The Vaccines Manufacturing and Innovation Centre (VMIC) is a
vaccine research and manufacturing facility under construction in
Harwell Science and Innovation Campus in
Oxfordshire
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, England. Announced in December 2018 and originally planned to be opened in 2022,
its planned opening date has been brought forward to 2021 as a response to the
COVID-19 pandemic.
Organizations collaborating in the centre's development include
Imperial College London, the
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and
Oxford University.
The UK government provided funding of £93 million for the construction of the centre in 2020, and by March 2021 total funding reached £215m.
Construction of the 7,000 square metre facility at
Harwell Harwell may refer to:
People
* Harwell (surname)
* Harwell Hamilton Harris (1903–1990), American architect
Places
* Harwell, Nottinghamshire, England, a hamlet
*Harwell, Oxfordshire, England, a village
**RAF Harwell, a World War II RAF airfield, ...
was begun by main contractor Glencar in April 2020.
In 2020, the centre's personnel contributed to development of the
Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine AZD1222, and from October began medium-scale production.
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Medical research institutes in the United Kingdom
Research institutes of Imperial College London
Research institutes of the University of Oxford
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
2021 establishments in the United Kingdom
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