WuXi will add 500 jobs at Delaware man­u­fac­tur­ing cam­pus as it looks to bol­ster its CD­MO arm

Spurred on by a grow­ing de­mand for out­sourced man­u­fac­tur­ing, a slew of CD­MO firms have un­corked big ex­pan­sion plans to keep up. Now, Chi­nese drug­mak­er WuXi AppTec is plant­i­ng its flag in Delaware as part of an am­bi­tious plan to ex­pand its CD­MO arm’s work state­side.

WuXi STA has picked New Cas­tle Coun­ty, DE, as the home for its newest CD­MO site, plan­ning to build on 190 acres and add up to 50 lo­cal jobs by 2026, the Chi­nese com­pa­ny said this week.

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