With the end of the year fast approaching, nations are looking for ways to secure enough supply of a potential COVID-19 vaccine to meet demand from their citizens. For Israeli drugmaker Mapi Pharma, meeting that demand means dedicating space at a Jerusalem facility to chip into the effort.
Mapi will dedicate capacity at its finished-dose vaccine manufacturing plant in the Jerusalem Har-Hotzim technology park to help boost the country's supply of COVID-19 shots, it said Wednesday.
Originally established by Johnson & Johnson as a sterile filling site, Mapi's Jerusalem plant has seen $100 million in total investment to bring it online. Mapi is currently working on installing a new fill-finish line at the plant for sterile liquids and inhalable powders.
On top of the manufacturing space, Mapi will open its cold-chain storage capacity for Israel, boosting a global supply chain the company called "limited" in a release.
Mapi is in discussions with "major" COVID-19 vaccine developers and other nations to support its plans, the company said.
