Lilly to halve planned €2.3 billion investment in Germany, CEO tells newspaper
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BERLIN, June 3 (Reuters) - Eli Lilly LLY.N will halve its originally planned investment of €2.3 billion ($2.67 billion) in Germany, CEO Dave Ricks told the Handelsblatt business daily.
Over a billion euros has already been invested in the production site for weight-loss injections in Alzey in the western state of Rhineland-Palatinate, the German business daily reported on Wednesday.
The high-tech plant is still scheduled to begin operations in 2027, albeit at reduced capacity, the report added.
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