Sanofi Opens Canada’s Largest Vaccine Plant in Toronto

French drugmaker Sanofi has opened Canada’s largest vaccine plant in Toronto, and will start production in 2027, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced. “This is the largest bio-manufacturing facility in Canadian history, and it will create and maintain hundreds of high-skilled jobs,” Mr. Trudeau said at a press conference in Toronto on May 30. The new facility, spanning 200,000 square feet, is meant to significantly increase Canada’s domestic production of pediatric and adult vaccines for diseases such as whooping cough, diphtheria and tetanus. Those vaccines will then be exported to 60 countries. The facility cost $800 million, including a $20 million investment from the federal government and $50 million from the province of Ontario. Mr. Trudeau said investments in bio-manufacturing mean “creating hubs for research and development” in Canada....