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

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

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

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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