Dr. Eric Edwards, co-founder and CEO of Richmond-based Phlow Corp.
Utah-based pharmaceutical manufacturer Civica Inc. plans to invest $124.5 million to establish its North American manufacturing headquarters operation in Petersburg, creating 186 jobs and manufacturing injectable medicines for the treatment of COVID-19, the governor’s office announced Thursday.
A nonprofit generic drug company, Civica was established in 2018 by a group of U.S. health systems and philanthropic organizations to address chronic generic drug shortages and related price spikes. More than 50 health systems are Civica members.
Civica plans to construct a 120,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Petersburg, where it will manufacture vials and syringes of injectable medicines used for COVID- 19 patient care, emergency rooms and surgeries, as well as the treatment of serious infections and hypertension.
