Merck Canada to expand Ontario Manufacturing in Ontario

Manufacturing site in Whitby, Ontario, will manufacture molnupiravir for distribution in Canada. It is one of three manufacturing sites in the world for this therapy.

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“…Merck Canada of Kirkland, QC, announced it has entered into an agreement with Thermo Fisher Scientific to manufacture molnupiravir, Merck’s investigational oral antiviral medicine for the treatment of COVID-19. This agreement is part of global pharmaceutical giant’s commitment to make this investigational medicine widely available globally, if approved for use by regulatory agencies…

 

…Molnupiravir is being developed by Merck in collaboration with Ridgeback Biotherapeutics of Miami...”

 

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