AstraZeneca announces new drug plant for Albemarle. Project will create 3,600 jobs

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AstraZeneca announces new drug plant for Albemarle. Project will create 3,600 jobs

Bill Atkinson
Petersburg Progress-Index
Oct. 9, 2025 3:23 p.m. ET

• AstraZeneca will build a $4.5 billion manufacturing facility in Albemarle County, Virginia.
•?The new plant is expected to create approximately 3,600 jobs in the region.
• The facility will produce drugs for the company's weight-management and metabolic lines.

After months of speculation, pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca has finally announced where it plans to build its first Virginia-based manufacturing facility.

In statements from both the company and the Virginia governor's office Oct. 9, AstraZeneca announced that the proposed $4.5 billion plant will be built in Albemarle County at Rivanna Futures, about 11 miles north of Charlottesville. The project is expected to generate around 3,600 jobs − 3,000 of them in construction and 600 in highly skilled positions.

“With our $4.5 billion investment in Virginia, the largest in AstraZeneca’s history, we are not only building a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility, but also driving life sciences innovation and economic growth," company CEO Pascal Soriot said in the company statement. "This new facility will create thousands of jobs and strengthen America’s national security and health sovereignty."

AstraZeneca said the plant will produce drugs for its weight-management and metabolic lines of business.

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[Phoenix61]

1. The construction are temporary. Looks like a net gain

of 600 jobs. I wonder what kind of a deal they got.