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Moderna says 'moving at speed' to open PH facility by third quarter 2023

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Michelle Ong, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="An Indonesian health worker displays a Moderna vaccine vial before administering a dose to her coworkers during a COVID-19 booster vaccination drive in Jakarta, Indonesia, 02 August 2022. Bagus Indahono/EPA-EPE/FILE" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/overseas/05/18/moderna.jpg"/><figcaption>An Indonesian health worker displays a Moderna vaccine vial before administering a dose to her coworkers during a COVID-19 booster vaccination drive in Jakarta, Indonesia, 02 August 2022. <em>Bagus Indahono/EPA-EPE/FILE</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — Pharmaceutical and biotechnology firm Moderna said on Thursday it is working quickly to build and open its service center facility in the Philippines by the third quarter of 2023. </p><p>In an interview with ANC, Moderna Senior Vice President Patrick Bergstedt said Moderna&#x27;s Philippine service center is 1 of only 3 of its kind globally, next to the ones in Georgia and Poland.</p><p>&quot;We are moving at speed and we hope to have this facility operational in the third quarter by September,&quot; Bergstedt said.</p><p>Moderna&#x27;s shared service facility will be for financial services, human resource services, regulatory and IT, he said. It will also be for &quot;pharmacovigilance&quot; or the &quot;the monitoring of the safety and tolerability of vaccines,&quot; he said.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/03/23/palace-moderna-to-set-up-vaccine-making-facility-in-ph">Palace: Moderna to set up vaccine manufacturing facility in Philippines</a></li></ul><p>When asked what made Moderna choose the Philippines instead of other countries in the region, Bergstedt said it was because of the quality of talents and the established IT-BPM space.</p><p>&quot;It’s really the quality of the people and that your shared service business is really an established business,&quot; he said.</p><p>Moderna said it would hire about 40 to 50 employees before the end of the year, which would eventually continue to expand in phases.</p><p>Moderna is known for its COVID-19 vaccine, but Bergstedt said its portfolio includes other vaccines for respiratory and other diseases.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2620120" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/12/29/22/ph-moves-to-procure-bivalent-covid-jabs-from-moderna-pfizer">Gov&#x27;t moves to procure bivalent COVID jabs from Moderna, Pfizer</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/12/27/22/fda-oks-emergency-use-for-moderna-pfizer-covid-bivalent-jabs">FDA OKs emergency use for Moderna, Pfizer COVID bivalent jabs</a></li></ul>

Pharmaceutical and biotechnology firm Moderna said on Thursday it is working quickly to build and open its service center facility in the Philippines by the third quarter of 2023. 

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Moderna says 'moving at speed' to open PH facility by third quarter 2023

Michelle Ong,

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Published May 18, 2023 10:43 AM PHT

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Updated May 18, 2023 10:53 AM PHT

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