Columbia-area pharmaceutical plant adds 380 jobs
Nephron Pharmaceuticals Corp. Friday announced a $215 million expansion to its Lexington County plant, creating 380 new jobs.
The expansion would include adding new office, warehouse and vaccine production space in the county’s Saxe-Gotha Industrial Park, the company said in a press release.
The jobs would be created by 2024, the release said.
“Thanks to our partnerships with state and local officials, and the trust they have placed in us, we have been able to provide life-saving medications to patients around the world and establish ourselves as the global leader in what we do,” Nephron CEO Lou Kennedy said.
The company has invested $313 million in its facility on the 12th Street extension near Interstate 77 in West Columbia/Cayce, and has created more than 1,800 full and part time jobs over the last five years, the release said.
Nephron develops and produces generic inhalation solutions and suspension products, including those used to treat severe respiratory distress symptoms associated with COVID-19, the release said. The company also operates a 503B Outsourcing Facility division which produces pre-filled sterile syringes and IV bags for hospitals across the United States.