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Alliance for Building Better Medicine and the Virginia Innovation Partnership Celebrate $120 Million Investment from AstraZeneca, Eli Lilly, and Merck to Advance Virginia's Advanced Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Workforce
The Alliance for Building Better Medicine (ABBM) and the Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation (VIPC) celebrated Governor Glenn Youngkin's announcement of $120 million in private industry investment from AstraZeneca, Eli Lilly, and Merck to establish the Virginia Center for Advanced Pharmaceutical Manufacturing (APM) in the Richmond-Petersburg-Charlottesville region. This neutral, industry-led Center will expand Virginia's workforce and training pipeline in collaboration with university an
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