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University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Partners with Battelle, IBM, Merck, and GE Healthcare on Vaccine Factory

Published 3/17/2010

The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center is partnering with Battelle, IBM, Merck, and GE Healthcare to plan the construction of a vaccine factory in the Pittsburgh area. Operated in partnership with the federal government, the facility would support rapid response to bioterrorism and infectious disease threats. The construction cost of the vaccine factory is estimated at $900 million.