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Lilly to Invest $6B in New API Manufacturing Facility in Alabama

The site will manufacture orforglipron, Lilly's first oral, small molecule GLP-1 receptor agonist.

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By: Charlie Sternberg

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Eli Lilly and Company plans to invest more than $6 billion in a new manufacturing facility in Huntsville, Alabama. This next-generation synthetic medicine active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) facility, the third of four new U.S. sites Lilly plans to announce, will produce small molecule synthetic and peptide medicines. Notably, the site will be among those that will manufacture orforglipron, Lilly’s first oral, small molecule GLP-1 receptor agonist, which the company expects to submit...

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