Johnson & Johnson plans second NC pharmaceutical manufacturing facility

(The Center Square) – Drug products for oncology and neurological diseases will be manufactured in a second facility Johnson & Johnson plans to open in eastern North Carolina. Nearly $80 million in incentives brought the first plant to Wilson County in an Oct. 1, 2024, announcement. Exact figures for the second facility are to be determined, but the health care company said it’s a multi-billion dollars investment expected to add 500 jobs to the more than 400 already announced. This comes on top of an August announcement of a $2 billion investment in Holly Springs. Johnson & Johnson in 2025 said it would invest $55 billion into American manufacturing, research and development and technology over a four-year period. “We are pleased to make another significant manufacturing investment in North Carolina,” said Jennifer Taubert, executive vice president and worldwide chairwoman for Innovative Medicine at Johnson & Johnson. “This new facility is the third North Carolina project announced by