Gov. Braun Grows High-Wage Life Sciences Jobs with Simtra BioPharma Solutions Expansion

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Indiana Governor Mike Braun cut the ribbon on Simtra BioPharma Solutions’ latest expansion in Bloomington today, celebrating the company’s more than $250 million investment in its Indiana operations. The expansion will increase the company’s state-of-the-art manufacturing capabilities and strengthen the state’s life sciences sector, which already ranks No. 1 in the U.S. for exports.

“Indiana’s life sciences industry continues to lead with the investment and innovation of companies like Simtra BioPharma Solutions,” said Gov. Braun. “The company’s $250 million expansion that we celebrate today will pave the way for new high-wage jobs and continued, long-term growth here in Bloomington.”

Simtra, a leading contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) specializing in sterile injectables, recently completed construction of a purpose-built two-story, 153,000-square-foot facility at its main campus in Bloomington. The facility, known as Building H, houses three isolator commercial-scale sterile filling lines, expanding the company’s manufacturing capabilities with suites for high-speed filling of syringes and vials, each with dedicated formulation/compounding rooms.

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