LEGISLATIVE ROUNDUP: Groundbreaking ceremony held at Lilly’s $3.5B pharmaceutical manufacturing facility

Gov. Josh Shapiro this week visited the Lehigh Valley for the groundbreaking of global pharmaceutical firm Eli Lilly and Co.’s new, cutting-edge pharmaceutical manufacturing facility. The event follows the governor’s announcement in January that his administration had secured a $3.5 billion private-sector investment from the company for this project — the largest investment by a life sciences company in Pennsylvania history. The commonwealth supported Lilly’s expansion with a $100 million investment, helping create at least 850 permanent new jobs and approximately 2,000 construction jobs, while continuing to grow Pennsylvania’s robust pharmaceutical and life sciences industries. “Today marks another historic milestone in Pennsylvania’s thriving life sciences sector and reinforces my administration’s commitment to advancing innovation, strengthening the economy, and creating good-paying jobs across the commonwealth,” Shapiro said.

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