THE LANCASTER COUNTY SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY SAYING THEY WILL BE PART OF THE PROCESS. PENNSYLVANIA GOVERNOR JOSH SHAPIRO IS INVESTING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN THE COMMONWEALTH’S LIFE SCIENCES INDUSTRY, SPECIFICALLY FOR ONE COMPANY’S NEW TECHNOLOGY THAT DISPOSES OF WASTE GENERATED DURING FLU VACCINE MANUFACTURING. EGGS ARE A CRUCIAL PART OF THE VACCINE MAKING PROCESS. THE VIRUS IS INJECTED INTO FERTILIZED CHICKEN EGGS, THEN HARVESTED, INACTIVATED OR WEAKENED, AND USED TO MAKE VACCINE DOSES. IT’S BECAUSE OF THAT PROCESS THAT THE SANOFI FACILITY IN SWIFTWATER, MONROE COUNTY, USES EIGHT NATURAL GAS FIRED DEHYDRATORS TO PROCESS AND DISPOSE OF WASTE. NOW, THANKS TO $10.6 MILLION IN THE SHAPIRO ADMINISTRATION, THAT SYSTEM WILL BE REPLACED WITH A NEW PADDLE DRYER, CUTTING NATURAL GAS USE BY ABOUT 65% AND REDUCING CARBON EMISSIONS BY 516 METRIC TONS A YEAR. YOU’VE GOT THIS CENTURY OLD PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY HAVING LIFE CHANGING, LIFE SAVING MEDICATIONS PRODUCED HERE, AND THEY’RE BEING PRODUCED WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF PENNSYLVANIA POULTRY FARMERS. THAT’S A PRETTY EXTRAORDINARY THING. AND SANOFI IS THE LARGEST BUYER OF EGGS IN PENNSYLVANIA.
Shapiro’s $10.6 million investment will slash natural gas use at vaccine manufacturing plant
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro is investing millions of dollars in the Commonwealth’s life sciences industry. The investment will go to new technology for one company that disposes of egg waste generated during flu vaccine manufacturing. Eggs are a crucial part of the vaccine-making process. The virus is injected into fertilized chicken eggs then harvested, inactivated or weakened and used to make vaccine doses. It is because of that process that the Sanofi facility in Swiftwater, Monroe County, uses eight natural gas-fired dehydrators to process and dispose of egg waste. Now, thanks to $10.6 million from the Shapiro administration, that system will be replaced with a new paddle dryer, cutting natural gas use by about 65% and reducing carbon emissions by 516 metric tons a year. “You’ve got this century old pharmaceutical company having life changing, life saving medications produced here, and they’re being produced with the assistance of Pennsylvania poultry farmers. That’s a pretty extraordinary thing,” said Shapiro. Sanofi is the largest buyer of eggs in Pennsylvania. The campus also produces roughly 42% of the nation’s flu vaccine supply.
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro is investing millions of dollars in the Commonwealth’s life sciences industry.
The investment will go to new technology for one company that disposes of egg waste generated during flu vaccine manufacturing.
Eggs are a crucial part of the vaccine-making process.
The virus is injected into fertilized chicken eggs then harvested, inactivated or weakened and used to make vaccine doses.
It is because of that process that the Sanofi facility in Swiftwater, Monroe County, uses eight natural gas-fired dehydrators to process and dispose of egg waste.
Now, thanks to $10.6 million from the Shapiro administration, that system will be replaced with a new paddle dryer, cutting natural gas use by about 65% and reducing carbon emissions by 516 metric tons a year.
“You’ve got this century old pharmaceutical company having life changing, life saving medications produced here, and they’re being produced with the assistance of Pennsylvania poultry farmers. That’s a pretty extraordinary thing,” said Shapiro.
Sanofi is the largest buyer of eggs in Pennsylvania.
The campus also produces roughly 42% of the nation’s flu vaccine supply.