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Rachael Ward

New vaccine facility a shot in the arm for Australians

Moderna has unveiled the nation's first commercial-scale mRNA vaccine manufacturing facility. (Rachael Ward/AAP PHOTOS)

Australia will be at the top of the vaccine queue during future pandemics and first in line for the next generation of jabs targeting cancers, birth defects and other common illnesses.

That's the promise made by the local head of pharmaceutical giant Moderna, as the company opened a new mRNA vaccine facility in Melbourne backed by state and federal government funding.

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