Singapore gets Big Pharma rush to invest in plants for aging region

Pfizer, AstraZeneca and Novartis to expand production for cancer and other drugs

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Mike McDermott, chief global supply officer and executive vice president at Pfizer, speaks at the opening of Pfizer's new plant in Singapore's Tuas Biomedical Park on July 23.  © AP

TSUBASA SURUGA, Nikkei staff writer

SINGAPORE -- Large investments from some of the world's biggest drugmakers are pouring into Singapore as companies seek to expand production in the city-state and access broader Asia, one of the fastest-growing markets with a rapidly aging population.

Last month, the U.S. drug giant Pfizer opened a 1 billion Singapore dollar ($740 million) facility to produce key ingredients for oncology medicines and others. In May, AstraZeneca pledged $1.5 billion to build its first Singapore site producing targeted chemotherapy drugs.

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