Question reference: S6W-00517
- Asked by: Gillian Mackay, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: 8 June 2021
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Current status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 23 June 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how much money it has invested in Valneva to fund the (a) research and development of an inactivated whole virus COVID-19 vaccine and, (b) expansion of the manufacturing capacity for the vaccine at its factory in Livingston.
Answer
a) Valneva has not received economic development funding to expand their manufacturing capacity from the Scottish Government, but have received account management support and advice from Scottish Enterprise.
b) The UK Government through the Vaccines Taskforce and (BEiS) has supported Valneva by providing funding for its early clinical trials and has also made a multi-million-pound investment to upgrade and expand Valneva’s Livingston manufacturing facility, as part of its supply agreement for COVID-19 vaccines.
Due to the commercially confidential nature of supply agreements, the UK Government is not able to disclose any further details.