FYI Pleasant Prairie WI is in the Chicagoland MSA. SE Wisconsin is hot. And yes the are still building at Foxconn.
https://www.bizjournals.com/milwauke...cility-in.html
– Reporter, Milwaukee Business Journal
Jul 10, 2019, 4:00pm EDT
Nexus Pharmaceuticals Inc. will build its first drug manufacturing facility in Pleasant Prairie, investing up to $250 million over a 10-year period.
The company is buying 16 acres just west of Interstate 94, and plans to begin construction next month on a three-story, $85 million facility to produce its line of generic, injectable pharmaceuticals. That facility will create 77 jobs paying average salaries of $70,000 a year, according to a Wednesday announcement by Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers.
“There is increasing patient demand for high quality and accessible generic injections,” said Nexus CEO Mariam Darsot.
“The addition of our Wisconsin facility will enable Nexus to produce a more stable and reliable supply of sterile injectables, a category that is particularly susceptible to drug shortages,” Darsot added.
The first phase of the Nexus plant will have about 100,000 square feet and is expected for completion in 2021. It would start operations in 2022 after gaining approvals from regulatory agencies. Jobs there would include high-tech production, engineering, quality control and supply chain management.
Established in 2003, Nexus specializes in making specialty and generic drugs. Its portfolio includes nine approved medications and six generic injectable drugs. Earlier this year, for example, it gained U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval for three new injectable drugs that control nausea, irritable bowels and aid in cell transplant operations.
Based in Lincolnshire, Illinois, Nexus has been hiring third-party manufacturers to make its drugs.
“This is one of the most significant pharmaceutical investments in Wisconsin in years,” Evers said. “Southeast Wisconsin is increasingly becoming a destination of choice for high-value manufacturing jobs that require a skilled, educated workforce.”
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