Thermo Fisher to Expand in BioPharma Crescent
/As reported by the North Carolina Biotechnology Center, Thermo Fisher Scientific will be continuing its growth in Greenville, North Carolina in a really big way.
Thermo Fisher Scientific, a global life science services company, will add 500 new jobs in Greenville over the next two years as it expands its sterile drug product development and commercial manufacturing of critical medicines, therapies and vaccines.
In addition to creating 500 new jobs, the company will invest approximately $500 million on its campus, including a new, stand-alone, 130,000-square-foot facility. The site will also add six new lines in 2021 and 2022, including commercial-scale liquid filling lines and a development line for liquid and lyophilized (freeze-dried) drug products.
Greenville, North Carolina is located in Pitt County, and is home to East Carolina University. Just a 90-minute drive from the Research Triangle Park, Pitt County is a founding member of North Carolina’s BioPharma Crescent.