<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=11Gmgb_1FOVDrDS00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=11Gmgb_1FOVDrDS00" width="1200" height="600" >NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. (WRDW/WAGT) - South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster visited North Augusta on Tuesday to help break ground on a more than $200 million expansion of CordenPharma’s peptide manufacturing campus.It’s a project state and local leaders say will bring high-paying jobs and reinforce the state’s role in the life sciences industry.CordenPharma’s 68,000-plus-square-foot expansion will add purpose-built commercial space for manufacturing peptide active pharmaceutical ingredients, including those used in GLP-1 therapies and other next-generation medicines. Company officials say the project will create more than 200 high-quality jobs in South Carolina.McMaster headlined the ceremony at CordenPharma North Augusta, 1024 Dittman Court, from 10:30 a.m. to noon.Federal, state and local officials also were in attendance. “I really didn’t know what a peptide was, but I decided that’s one of my favorite things,” McMaster said in remarks at the groundbreaking. McMaster said the state is a good place to invest in because South Carolina is viewed as the intersection of commerce, culture and conservation.“For a company like this to be investing in a state like this makes perfect sense,” he said. </div></body>

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NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. (WRDW/WAGT) - South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster visited North Augusta on Tuesday to help break ground on a more than $200 million expansion of CordenPharma’s peptide manufacturing campus. It’s a project state and local leaders say will bring high-paying jobs and reinforce the state’s role in...

McMaster visits North Augusta for CordenPharma expansion

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NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. (WRDW/WAGT) - South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster visited North Augusta on Tuesday to help break ground on a more than $200 million expa

McMaster visits North Augusta for CordenPharma expansion

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