AstraZeneca unveils $50B US expansion plan

  • AstraZeneca plans $50B US investment by 2030
  • Multibillion-dollar Virginia facility for weight-loss drug production planned
  • Move follows Trump’s tariff threats on imported pharmaceuticals
A general view of AstraZeneca offices and the corporate logo in Cambridge, England

FILE – A general view of AstraZeneca offices and the corporate logo in Cambridge, England, Saturday, July 18, 2020. AstraZeneca has recorded a big jump in revenue as it begins to take a profit from its coronavirus vaccine for the first time. The company recorded full-year revenues of $37.4 billion, an increase of 38% from the year before at constant exchange rates. Part of the boost came from $4 billion in sales of its COVID-19 vaccine, developed with the University of Oxford. Despite rising revenue, AstraZeneca reported a pre-tax loss of $265 million due to costs from its purchase of U.S. drug company Alexion Pharmaceuticals and new drug research. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)

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(NewsNation) — AstraZeneca announced plans Monday to invest $50 billion in the United States by 2030, which will include a brand new multibillion-dollar manufacturing facility.

The British-Swedish drugmaker is aiming to generate $80 billion in revenue by the end of the decade, with half of that coming from the U.S. The plans involve creating research and development and manufacturing facilities across the country.

“The cornerstone of this landmark investment is a new multibillion-dollar US manufacturing facility that will produce drug substances for the Company’s innovative weight management and metabolic portfolio,” the company said in the announcement.

The facility will be located in Virginia and marks the company’s largest manufacturing investment to date.

The announcement by AstroZeneca follows a growing trend of companies pledging to invest in pharmaceutical manufacturing on American soil in pursuit of appeasing President Donald Trump as he threatens to enforce 200% tariffs on pharmaceutical products imported to the U.S.

Back in April, the Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche announced similar plans to invest $50 billion in America over the next five years.

“Today’s announcement underpins our belief in America’s innovation in biopharmaceuticals and our commitment to the millions of patients who need our medicines in America and globally,” said Pascal Soriot, chief executive officer of AstraZeneca.

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