India, Oct. 26 -- The Hon. Colin Brooks MP, Treasurer, State of Victoria, joined Minister for Economic Development Anthony Carbines to open the new BioNTech manufacturing facility in Bundoora on 20 October, marking a major milestone for Victoria's life sciences sector and sovereign manufacturing capability.
Chancellor the Hon. John Brumby AO said the opening demonstrated the ambition behind La Trobe's $5 billion University City development - to bring world-leading research and global industry together in Melbourne's north.
"BioNTech's decision to establish its manufacturing and research facility at La Trobe is exactly the kind of collaboration we envisaged for University City; one that takes great research beyond the laboratory and turns ...