{"id":118237,"date":"2026-02-19T17:53:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T17:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/118237\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T17:53:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T17:53:07","slug":"johnson-johnson-invests-1bn-in-us-cell-therapy-manufacturing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/118237\/","title":{"rendered":"Johnson & Johnson invests $1bn in US cell therapy manufacturing"},"content":{"rendered":"

New Pennsylvania plant forms part of the pharma company\u2019s $55 billion commitment to expand its US manufacturing footprint before the end of the decade.<\/p>\n

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Concept of Johnson & Johnson\u2019s planned new cell therapy manufacturing facility in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (Credit: Johnson & Johnson).<\/p>\n

Johnson & Johnson<\/a> is allocating over $1 billion for a next generation cell therapy<\/a> manufacturing facility in Pennsylvania, as part of its $55 billion\u00a0plans to increase its US manufacturing and R&D footprint by 2029.<\/p>\n

Construction of the advanced manufacturing<\/a> site in Lower Gwynedd, Montgomery County is intended to expand the firm\u2019s US manufacturing capacity and support its portfolio of medicines for cancer<\/a>, immune-mediated<\/a> and neurological diseases<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Joaquin Duato, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of\u00a0Johnson & Johnson, said: \u201cBy uniting scientific excellence with state-of-the-art manufacturing and strategic investment, and by working collaboratively with our communities, we are delivering for patients and creating significant opportunities for workers and families.\u201d<\/p>\n

This $1 billion-plus investment in a new Lower Gwynedd facility is a testament to that leadership and will produce life-changing treatments for patients, along with new and good jobs for our Commonwealth\u201d<\/p>\n

The new plant is also set to create over 500 biomanufacturing jobs.<\/p>\n

Pennsylvania US Representative Madeleine Dean said: \u201cJ&J\u2019s new site will promote job growth, foster innovation, and, most importantly, bring life-saving medicine to people around the country.\u201d<\/p>\n

US Senator Dave McCormick added: \u201cThis $1 billion-plus investment in a new Lower Gwynedd facility is a testament to that leadership and will produce life-changing treatments for patients, along with new and good jobs for our Commonwealth.\u201d<\/p>\n

Eli Lilly is another big pharmaceutical company choosing Pennsylvania to site its domestic manufacturing operations. Earlier this month the company shared it is investing $3.5 billion into injectables manufacturing at its Lehigh Valley site<\/a>. This finalises the last of the pharma company\u2019s four new manufacturing facilities aimed at onshoring domestic medicine production. Lilly has invested $50 billion in its US manufacturing efforts since 2020.<\/p>\n

Edgardo Hernandez, Executive Vice President and President of Lilly Manufacturing Operations, said at the time: \u201cLilly Lehigh Valley \u2013 our newest injectable medicine and device manufacturing facility \u2013 will increase access to next-generation weight-loss treatments and improve the domestic supply of essential medicines for current and future patients.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New Pennsylvania plant forms part of the pharma company\u2019s $55 billion commitment to expand its US manufacturing footprint…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":118238,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":{"0":"post-118237","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pennsylvania","8":"tag-pennsylvania","9":"tag-pennsylvania-headlines","10":"tag-pennsylvania-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118237\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}