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Merck plans $100M expansion at Kansas manufacturing facility

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** FILE ** In this May 22, 2008 file photo, the company logo is seen on the doors of a building at Merck & Co. headquarters in Whitehouse Station, N.J. Drugmaker Merck & Co. on Tuesday, July 21, 2009, posted a 12 percent drop in second-quarter profit, due to lower sales of its cholesterol drugs and several vaccines, but still beat Wall Street's conservative expectations.(AP Photo/Mel Evans, file)
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Posted at 11:44 AM, Jun 29, 2020
and last updated 2020-06-29 12:44:11-04

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Merck Animal Health said it plans to invest $100 million to expand and enhance its manufacturing facility in De Soto, Kansas.

The company is a division of Merck & Co. based in Kenilworth, New Jersey.

It announced Monday in a news release that it plans a technology expansion of its vaccine production facility this year plus an additional $66 million investment in the coming years.

The site develops vaccines for swine, cattle and horses.

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