U.S. plant-based vaccine facility opens targeted to produce 10 million doses of pandemic influenza vaccine per month

[Emily]

The facility has a fully-automated greenhouse.

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/medicago-holds-official-ribbon-cutting-ceremony-for-its-us-plant-based-vaccine-facility-2011-11-10-7000?reflink=MW_news_stmp

press release

Nov. 10, 2011, 7:00 a.m. EST
Medicago holds official ribbon cutting ceremony for its U.S. plant-based vaccine facility
RALEIGH, North Carolina and QUEBEC CITY, Quebec, Nov. 10, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/
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Medicago intends to demonstrate its capacity to produce 10 million doses/month of influenza vaccines with the potential for further expansion in the future. This DARPA project is part of the Blue Angel influenza vaccine rapid response demonstration project which seeks to identify new ways to produce large amounts of high quality vaccine grade protein in less than 3 months in response to emerging and novel biologic threats...