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An $11 million
manufacturing facility, based in South San Francisco, Calif., will produce
VaxGens anthrax vaccine as well as its AIDS vaccine, which failed in clinical
trials earlier this year but still has potential for the company. The facility
can also produce VaxGens other products. The plant serves another purpose for
VaxGen--as a training facility for workers intended to transfer to its new
manufacturing facility in South Korea, part of a joint venture called
Celltrion. VaxGen purposely designed the facility for easy reconfiguration as
its manufacturing needs change, and the facility has a large amount of expansion
space available. VaxGen currently has a $16 million National Institutes of
Health contract to develop a safer anthrax vaccine, and the company plans to
compete for two additional biodefense contracts. A successful outcome could
lead the company into profitability next year.
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