The Modernna plant will move to Quebec

The pharmaceutical company won its battle against Quebec Ontario to attract Moderna. The company behind one of the most widely used vaccines against COVID-19, according to first information, is settling in the greater Montreal area. The Journal of Montreal.

“It’s done, Moderna has chosen the Montreal area,” we were told.

The heart of the fight against Kovid-19 is the pharmaceutical giant setting up its RNA vaccine production plant there. The exact location will be announced on Friday.

The total investment is not yet detailed, but in recent months, several players close to the file have claimed hundreds of millions of dollars.

The announcement will be made on Friday in the presence of two prime ministers, Justin Trudeau and Franకోois Legalt.

Finance Minister Pierre FitzGibbon is also expected to attend. Behind the scenes, Quebec told us last December that it had made a lot of efforts to overtake the neighboring province.

“We are very committed and we have a full-time team on this. I had the opportunity to meet with the President of Moderna Canada,” he told a news conference.

The Minister of Federal Innovation, Science and Industries, Franకోois-Philippe Champagne will also take part in the visit. According to one source, the latter is also active on file to attract pharmaceuticals to Canada.