by Lawrence Bivins April 7, 2021 .
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RALEIGH – Last month’s announcement by Governor Roy Cooper that FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies would create a 725-job cell culture production facility in Holly Springs was history-making in its scale and impact. The Japan-based company intends to invest as much as $2 billion in the plant, making it North Carolina’s most capital-rich project in memory. When complete in 2024, the facility will add $5.5 billion to the state’s GDP over the following 12 years, according to an analysis by the N.C. Department of Commerce’s Labor and Economic Analysis Division (LEAD).
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. – California-based Gilead Sciences, which makes the COVID-19 treatment remdesivir, announced Tuesday that it plans to open a major hub in the Triangle.
The move will bring 275 jobs paying an average wage of $142,175 to Wake County. The average annual wage in Wake County is about $63,500.
The Gilead Business Services center will be home to the company’s human resources, procurement and financial services operations, along with cybersecurity and other information technology roles.
“We look forward to introducing Gilead to the local community,” Andrew Dickinson, Gilead’s chief financial officer, said in a statement. “We are eager to welcome many of the highly talented, highly skilled people who live in the Research Triangle region to work with us as we seek to advance new medicines for people with unmet medical needs.”
by Special February 2, 2021 .
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RALEIGH – Ashley Cagle, Assistant Executive Director of Wake County Economic Development, and Ryan Combs, Executive Director or the Research Triangle Regional Partnership, have been named to the top 50 economic developers of 2021.
Cagle also Vice President of the Raleigh Chamber.
The economic development professionals selected for this list were nominated by their colleagues in both the economic development industry and the site location consulting industry for excellent practices, innovation and success in building the communities they serve.
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