(ANSA) - ROME, MAR 3 - Industry Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti on Wednesday hosted a meeting with representatives of the pharmaceutical industry to talk about producing COVID-19 vaccines in Italy.
The meeting also featured the head of Italian medicines agency AIFA and the nation's new COVID-19 Emergency Commissioner, Francesco Paolo Figliuolo..
A statement by the industry ministry said many firms are ready to start producing a vaccine here.
Giorgetti gave a mandate to the firms to identify enterprises that can help them be ready to produce vaccines before the end of the autumn. (ANSA).
Govt hopes to produce COVID vaccines in Italy by autumn
Many firms are ready to go says statement