FLU VACCINE MANUFACTURING PLANT DEDICATED

  

Governor Rick Perry and top Texas A&M officials dedicated a new 100,000 square-foot manufacturing plant in College Station Thursday, that will have the capacity to produce bulk flu vaccine for the world.

The project represents the largest federal investment in Texas since NASA in the 1960s.

A new building already under construction is the latest piece of the Biocorridor puzzle to mass produce flu vaccines and other vaccinations.

Thursday morning a steal beam was signed by dignitaries including Governor Rick Perry and Texas A&M System Chancellor John Sharp.

Once this new building is fully functional they'll be able to mass produce 50 million doses of flu vaccine within four month's time of a declared pandemic.

GlaxoSmithKline says they chose to partner with Texas A&M after an extensive nationwide search.

Construction is expected to be completed in one year with a flu vaccine ready by 2019.

This is only one of three centers of its kind in the country and the only one run by an academic institution.

The center is expected to result in $41 billion in economic impact for the state.