With $3.5 billion in facility-specific investment and 850 permanent operating jobs announced, this project clears both of AFT's qualifying thresholds ($100 million in facility-specific investment OR 100 permanent operating jobs). It is also confirmed by official public sources and involves a physical manufacturing facility in the United States.
View full methodology →The pharmaceuticals context.
Pharmaceutical manufacturers are committing billions to new U.S. production capacity for active ingredients, injectable medicines, biologics and other high-demand treatments. North Carolina and Indiana remain major centers of investment, while new facilities are being planned across the South. The current project pipeline includes both large greenfield campuses and major expansions of established production sites.
At a glance
- Company
- Eli Lilly
- Industry
- Pharmaceuticals
- Location
- Upper Macungie Township, Pennsylvania
- Investment
- $3.50B
- Permanent jobs announced
- 850
- Status
- Planning
- Announced
- Jan 30, 2026
- Expected opening
- 2031
- Added to tracker
- Aug 30, 2026
Official references
- Lilly's January 30, 2026 Lehigh Valley announcement https://investor.lilly.com/news-releases/news-release-details/lilly-selects-pennsylvania-home-its-newest-injectable-medicine
- Lilly Lehigh Valley investment fact sheet https://investor.lilly.com/node/53736/pdf
- Pennsylvania DCED announcement of the $3.5 billion Lehigh County investment and 850 jobs https://dced.pa.gov/newsroom/governor-shapiro-secures-historic-3-5-billion-investment-from-lilly-to-build-new-state-of-the-art-pharmaceutical-manufacturing-facility-in-lehigh-county-creating-850-new-jobs/
Cite this project
American Factory Tracker. "Lehigh Valley Injectable Medicine and Device Facility — Eli Lilly, Upper Macungie Township, PA." https://americanfactorytracker.com/projects/eli-lilly-lehigh-valley. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Please also cite the original sources listed above for underlying figures.
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