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flag AstraZeneca starts $4.5B Virginia plant for cancer, diabetes, and weight drugs, creating 600 jobs.

flag AstraZeneca has begun construction on a $4.5 billion pharmaceutical manufacturing complex in Albemarle County, Virginia, creating 600 permanent jobs and 3,000 construction positions. flag The facility, near Charlottesville and the Rivanna Station military base, will produce drugs for weight management, metabolic diseases, and cancer, including oral GLP-1s and antibody-drug conjugates. flag The project, part of a $50 billion U.S. investment by 2030, is supported by a $9.7 million state grant and aims to strengthen domestic drug manufacturing and biotech innovation in Central Virginia.

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