GreenLight Biosciences and Environmental Impact Acquisition Corp. and Samsung Biologics announced a partnership agreement in which Samsung Biologics will manufacture GreenLight's messenger RNA COVID-19 vaccine candidate at commercial scale. The partnership aims to accelerate production of GreenLight's COVID-19 vaccine candidate for Phase III clinical trials and, subject to regulatory approval, commercial sales. The collaboration with Samsung will leverage GreenLight's existing manufacturing process, with technology transfer from GreenLight to Samsung starting immediately. Both Samsung Biologics and GreenLight are committed to vaccine equity and envision a world capable of producing enough messenger RNA vaccine doses for billions of people a year. This supports GreenLight's ambition to help vaccinate the world against COVID-19, as detailed in its Blueprint To Vaccinate The World published in March 2021. This vision aligns with calls by CEPI, and others for concrete actions to increase vaccine manufacturing capacity across the world, not just for COVID-19, but also for other infectious diseases reflecting the ongoing global health needs. Samsung Biologics has been proactive in accommodating client needs in the biopharma CDMO landscape, including its plans to add messenger RNA vaccine drug substance (DS) manufacturing capability to the current facility in Songdo, ready for cGMP operations within the earlier part of the year in 2022.