Cardiovascular Diseases

Lilly moves forward with biologics plant expansion in Ireland Eli Lilly has confirmed that it will move forward with plans to add a manufacturing line at its site in Kindsdale, County Cork in Ireland. The construction might begin in coming months and commissioning will begin in 2019. The expansion is expected to add about 130 workers to the site by 2020. As negotiations are underway, specifics of the investment are not being released. Earlier reports put the cost at about €200 million. The site also does API production for a host of small molecule drugs. Last year, the company said it would invest nearly $40 million (€35 million) to build a continuous manufacturing fac...