Moderna (MRNA) said Friday it has completed the construction of a research and production facility in Japan but will not proceed with a separate plan to build an mRNA drug substance manufacturing site.
The completed facility, led by Moderna Enzymatics, is located at Shonan Health Innovation Park in Kanagawa Prefecture in Japan and is focused on mRNA research and manufacturing using cell-free DNA synthesis technology, the company said.
Moderna cited evolving global and domestic conditions as the reason for canceling the separate manufacturing site but said it may revisit the project in the future.