
$268 Billion in U.S. Life Science Investment in 2025
America leads the world in healthcare innovation and access, and a strong medical infrastructure is essential to maintain this standing for our national security.
This year, the life sciences sector has delivered.
We Work For Health is tracking every new U.S. biopharma facility announcement and news report, revealing more than $268 billion invested to drive new R&D, expand manufacturing and create jobs nationwide.
Investment in America
These investments bring cutting edge treatments closer to the patients who need them while bolstering America’s position as a world leader in healthcare access and innovation. The positive impact of these investments reaches deep into U.S. communities, with millions of high-skill positions for scientists and engineers, alongside tens of thousands of construction and support roles and millions of jobs for the communities surrounding these cutting edge faciltiies. This includes more than 4.9 million total U.S. jobs and $71.6 billion in vendor spending in states along with $2.6B in wages paid to the American construction workforce.
766%
increase in facility investment announcements versus 2024
10K+
new construction jobs across America
The biopharmaceutical industry’s investments reflect a commitment to ensuring the U.S. remains a leader in the life sciences, but China continues a coordinated campaign to dominate the life sciences, jeopardizing America’s momentum.
It’s essential to have the right policies in place that encourage continued investment to secure America’s future as the global leader in life sciences.
Faster delivery
of breakthrough medicines to patients
U.S. Life Sciences Investment Tracker:
August 20, 2026
Roche
$750 million
Hillsboro-OR
An expansion of Genentech’s (Roche’s U.S. subsidiary) 75-acre campus to add a new device fill-finish manufacturing facility. The investment will double the size of the existing facility and is expected to create 250 high-wage manufacturing jobs and support an additional 200 construction jobs.
Part of a larger, previously announced $50 billion company investment.
August 10, 2026
BMS (Bristol Myers Squibb)
$2.3 billion
Houston-TX
A new, state-of-the-art multi-modal manufacturing campus, designed to accelerate the delivery of next-generation medicines to patients. Project is estimated to create nearly 500 skilled jobs and is designed to grow in scale, capability and workforce for decades to come.
Part of a larger, previously announced $40 billion company investment.
July 30, 2026
Resilience & Eli Lilly
$750 million
West Chester Township-OH
Expansion of a strategic partnership between Resilience and Eli Lilly to increase U.S. manufacturing of innovative medicines treating diabetes and obesity. The partnership is expected to create at least 400 new high-skilled jobs in the Cincinnati region.
Part of a larger, previously announced $23 billion company investment.
July 9, 2026
Otsuka
$500 million
Austin-TX
Expansion of IV solutions manufacturing capacity through a new 500,000 square foot facility at the company's Austin, Texas campus. The project is part of a joint venture between Otsuka and ICU Medical Inc. to improve IV solutions supply chain resiliency and accelerate new product innovation.
June 15, 2026
Johnson & Johnson
$1 billion
Jacksonville-FL
Construction of a new state-of-the-art distribution facility to scale the company’s U.S. Vision operations, enhance supply chain resilience, and meet the needs of more than 40 million patients.
Part of a larger, previously announced $55 billion company investment.
June 1, 2026
Hikma
$267 million
Columbus-OH, Bedford-OH
Expansion of two existing facilities across Ohio.
In Bedford, the company is investing $51 million to expand its injectable pharmaceutical manufacturing capabilities, IV bag production, and warehousing and distribution operations. The project is expected to create 300 new jobs.
In Columbus, $216 million is being invested to expand oral solid dose and nasal inhalation manufacturing operations, creating 50 new jobs.
These investments are part of a larger, $1 billion company investment announced in June 2025.
May 6, 2026
Eli Lilly
$4.5 billion
Lebanon-IN
Investment across two of the company’s three sites in Lebanon, Indiana.
The investment will incorporate new process designs and technologies at one of the company's future active pharmaceutical ingredient sites as well as at its first dedicated genetic medicine manufacturing facility.
Part of a larger, previously announced $23 billion company investment.
April 30, 2026
Novartis
Unspecified
Morrisville-NC
Finalized plans to build a manufacturing facility focused on active pharmaceutical ingredients(API) for solid dosage tablets, capsules and RNA therapeutics. The 56,200-square-foot site will expand the company’s presence in North Carolina to five facilities.
Plans were initially announced in November 2025.
Part of a larger, previously announced $23 billion company investment.
April 22, 2026
AbbVie
$1.4 billion
Durham-NC
A 185-acre campus that will integrate advanced manufacturing and laboratory technologies with AI to support the production of the company’s immunology, neuroscience and oncology medicines.
The project will create about 734 jobs in engineering, manufacturing operations and other technical roles and will generate more than 2,000 construction jobs during campus development.
Part of a larger, previously announced $100 billion company investment.
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