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CapEx Project Manager, MS BME

The NC pharmaceutical industry #growth and #innovation has been nothing but astonishing since I moved here. While this is not a comprehensive list, I wanted to highlight some of the major expansions and builds in just the last few years for my friends who may have missed them (Note: Some information in this post may be out of date - information sourced from Fierce Pharma and respective company websites). Novo Nordisk: $𝟐𝐁 investment to build an Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) facility. This facility aimed to increase production capacity for diabetes treatments. + Novo Nordisk: Additional $𝟒.𝟏𝐁 investment to build a second fill-finish manufacturing plant, doubling the combined footprint of Novo Nordisk's existing facilities in the state (~3,500 𝑗𝑜𝑏𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑁𝐶 𝑡𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙). Eli Lilly and Company: over $𝟏𝐁 investment in a new injectable product and device manufacturing facility in Concord, North Carolina. (~600 𝑛𝑒𝑤 𝑗𝑜𝑏𝑠). + Eli Lilly and Company: $𝟒𝟓𝟎𝐌 investment in its manufacturing site in Research Triangle Park (~100 𝑛𝑒𝑤 𝑗𝑜𝑏𝑠). FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies: $𝟏.𝟐𝐁 in expansion of its end-to-end biomanufacturing facility in Holly Springs. This brought the total investment in the plant to more than $𝟑.𝟐𝐁 (~680 𝑛𝑒𝑤 𝑗𝑜𝑏𝑠). Amgen: $𝟓𝟓𝟎𝐌 investment in a greenfield manufacturing facility in Holly Springs for biologics and other medicine production. Resilience: $𝟐𝟐𝟓𝐌 aimed at scaling up production capacity. SCHOTT Pharma: $𝟑𝟕𝟏𝐌 in a new prefilled syringe manufacturing facility in Wilson, North Carolina (~400 𝑛𝑒𝑤 𝑗𝑜𝑏𝑠). Fresenius Kabi: $𝟏𝟎𝟎𝐌 expansion of its pharmaceutical manufacturing facility in Wilson, increasing production capacity for generic drugs in prefilled syringes (~450 𝑛𝑒𝑤 𝑗𝑜𝑏𝑠). Pfizer: $𝟔𝟎𝟎𝐌 investment in expanding its gene therapy manufacturing facility at its Sanford campus to improve clinical and commercial-scale manufacturing capabilities. Kyowa Kirin International plc. Kirin: $𝟓𝟑𝟎𝐌 to establish a biologics manufacturing facility in Sanford (~100 𝑛𝑒𝑤 𝑗𝑜𝑏𝑠). These significant investments in North Carolina foreshadow its growing role as a hub for biotech manufacturing and innovation. I'm glad I get to be a part of it, and I'm equally excited to see what comes next! #NC #Biotech #PharmaceuticalManufacturing

Will Cain

Medical Sciences and Consulting Project Manager

5mo

Great summary! Couldn't be happier to be in RTP while this industry has such meteoric growth

Danny Foody

Precision For Medicine

4mo

Awesome summary, Kasyap Cherukuri!

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