Bt190m sought for vaccine factory
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The National Vaccine Institute will seek a Bt190-million budget to build a vaccine factory, institute director Dr Jarung Muangchana said yesterday.
Jarung said the institute was only made a public organisation last month so it was unable to seek funds for 2013 in time. It would seek an initial operating budget of Bt190 million from the government’s central fund, he said, adding that the institute plans to build an additional factory to produce vaccines for all clinical trial projects.
The institute currently has a pilot vaccine plant at the King Mongkut’s University |of Technology Bang Khunthien but wants to build a second plant at the Medical Science Department of the Public Health Ministry.
