Merck Animal Health announces $895 million investment in Kansas

Reuters

Thu, May 8, 2025, 4:22 AM 1 min read

(Reuters) -Merck Animal Health, a portion of Merck, said connected Thursday it would put $895 cardinal to grow its manufacturing installation successful De Soto, Kansas.

The superior enlargement includes an concern of $860 cardinal successful the site's existing manufacturing installation and a further $35 cardinal successful its probe and improvement laboratories, Merck Animal Health said.

Commercial manufacturing is expected to statesman successful 2030, the institution added, and would make much than 200 full-time roles.

Merck Animal Health is partnering with the authorities of Kansas connected enlargement of the existing manufacturing facility.

Other drugmakers specified arsenic Eli Lilly, Johnson & Johnson and Gilead person precocious announced further investments to boost home accumulation amid U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff policies.

(Reporting by Sneha S K successful Bengaluru; Editing by Shailesh Kuber and Krishna Chandra Eluri)