National Resilience
 National Resilience    | |
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| Formation | 2020 |
| Headquarters | San Diego, California, USA |
| Membership | • Robert Nelsen • Patrick Y. Yang • Drew Oetting • Rahul Singhvi • Frances Arnold • George Barrett • Mitchell E. Daniels Jr • Chris Darby • Susan Desmond-Hellmann • Kaye Foster •  Scott Gottlieb•  Joseph Robert Kerrey• Denice Torres |
National Resilience, Inc is a "technology-focused biomanufacturing company dedicated to broadening access to complex medicines".[1]
Contents
Activities
National Resilience was founded in 2020, with $800 million in capital.[2]
In March 2021, Resilience acquired a former Sanofi manufacturing plant in Boston. The company established a "network of high-tech, end-to-end manufacturing solutions" to make current and future drugs "quickly, safely, and at scale," Resilience said in a PR-release.[2]
In 2021, Resilience and Moderna announced an agreement to manufacture "drug substance" for the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. Under the terms of the multi-year agreement, Resilience will produce mRNA for the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at its facility in Mississauga, Ontario in Canada, for distribution worldwide.[3]
In March 2023, Resilience Resilience received a $410 million loan from Department of Defense.[4]
In partnership with the Department of Defense, Resilience manages the DOD Advanced Development and Manufacturing (ADM) facility in Alachua, Florida as a contractor-owned, contractor-operated end-to-end biomanufacturing facility.[5]
People
Board as of March 2024.[6] Board members include people from the Gates Foundation and the CIA.
Board member Susan Desmond-Hellmann was former CEO of the Gates Foundation.
Chris Darby is head of the CIA's In-Q-Tel .
Rahul Singhvi was previously was President and CEO of Novavax and the vaccine department at Takeda Pharmaceuticals.[7]
The company also counts former FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb among its founding board of directors.[2]
Known members
2 of the 14 of the members already have pages here:
| Member | Description |
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| Scott Gottlieb | Food and Drug Administration leader, then over to Pfizer. |
| Robert Nelsen |
References
- ↑ https://resilience.com/
- ↑ a b c https://www.fiercepharma.com/manufacturing/manufacturer-national-resilience-helmed-by-former-novavax-chief-snags-sanofi
- ↑ https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210908005677/en/Resilience-to-Manufacture-mRNA-for-Moderna%E2%80%99s-COVID-19-Vaccine
- ↑ https://www.fiercepharma.com/manufacturing/white-house-eyes-biomanufacturing-boost-local-producer-national-resilience-adds-410m
- ↑ https://resilience.com/engage/govt
- ↑ https://resilience.com/meet/team/
- ↑ https://aibn.uq.edu.au/dr-rahul-singhvi
