Gilead Announces $50M California Plant Expansion

Oct. 21, 2014

California-based biotech giant has announced that it has broken ground on a second research and development lab in northeast Edmonton’s Eco Industrial Park.

The new 44,000-square-foot lab, adjacent to Gilead’s existing facilities, will create roughly 80 additional full-time jobs.

According to Gilead, the new lab will support the development and manufacturing of investigational drugs, supply active pharmaceutical ingredients for clinical research programs and contribute to new product launches for the treatment of hepatitis C, HIV-AIDS and oncology.

Read the Gilead press release