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builds in just the last few years for my friends who may have missed them (Note: Some information in this post may be out of date - information sourced from Fierce Pharma and respective company websites).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
Awesome summary, Kasyap Cherukuri!
Medical Sciences and Consulting Project Manager
5moGreat summary! Couldn't be happier to be in RTP while this industry has such meteoric growth