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Prime Minister Boris Johnson formally opens Oxbox
Prime Minister Boris Johnson formally opens Oxbox.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n \n RNS Number : 0776M\n Oxford Biomedica PLC\n 18 January 2021\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Prime Minister Boris Johnson formally opens \n \n \n Oxford Biomedica's manufacturing facility Oxbox\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Oxford, UK - 18 January, 2021: Oxford Biomedica plc (LSE:OXB) (\"Oxford Biomedica\" or \"the Group\"), a leading gene and cell therapy group, announces today that the Prime Minister Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP, has formally opened Oxford Biomedica's new 84,000 sq ft manufacturing facility Oxbox based in Oxford, UK.\n \n Oxbox was originally built to solely service the Group's growing demand for lentiviral vectors in the fast growing cell and gene therapy market where it is a leading global specialist working with multiple partners including Novartis, BMS and Sanofi. The Oxbox facility was completed at the end of 2019 with the Group expecting to have one or potentially two of the manufacturing suites approved during 2020. In April 2020 the Group joined the Oxford Vaccine Consortium and shortly afterwards signed the first of two agreements with AstraZeneca for COVID-19 vaccine production. By October 2020, the Group had four manufacturing suites approved by the MHRA, three of which were contracted by AstraZeneca and are currently producing bulk vaccine at 1000L scale.\n \n \n \n \n The Prime Minister Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP said:\n \n \n \"I was delighted to visit Oxford Biomedica today, and hear from John, Nick, Simon, Nisha and others about the work being done to manufacture the Oxford vaccine. The tireless work of your 250-strong team has helped accelerate our vaccine rollout, meaning millions of life-saving jabs are already in arms across the UK. You should be hugely proud of the role you've played in protecting the vulnerable, whilst creating a domestic manufacturing capability in months that would usually take years. I urge you all to keep up your vital work in ensuring the strong supply of vaccines to the frontline, and help deliver the biggest inoculation programme in British history.\"\n \n \n \n \n \n John Dawson, Chief Executive Officer of Oxford Biomedica, said:\n \"We were delighted to host the Prime Minister today at the formal opening of our Oxbox manufacturing facility. Oxford Biomedica is a global leader in lentiviral...