Agent TypeOrganisationIdentifierUMA-AG-000001608Activities & OccupationsManufacturers, chemicalsHistoryThe Commonwealth Serum Laboratories was established in 1916 by the Commonwealth Government at the urging of the medical authorities who were concerned that Australia was incapable of producing and distributing essential vaccines in sufficient quantities.The Commonwealth Serum Laboratories' function was to produce and supply pharmaceutical products for human and veterinary use in Australia, to conduct research and to maintain potential capacity to manufacture the products. Commonwealth Serum Laboratories was fully privatised in 1994 as CSL Ltd.
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