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The pharmaceutical company will add 300 jobs at its newly completed gene therapy manufacturing plant in Sanford, NC.


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The pharmaceutical company will add 300 jobs at its newly completed gene therapy manufacturing plant in Sanford, NC.

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Latest: Pfizer Investing Additional $500M In North Carolina - The pharmaceutical company will add 300 jobs at its newly completed gene therapy manufacturing plant in Sanford, NC.

Pfizer Investing Additional $500M In North Carolina

The pharmaceutical company will add 300 jobs at its newly completed gene therapy manufacturing plant in Sanford, NC.

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