WILSON, N.C. — Pharmaceutical and home consumer products giant Johnson & Johnson has announced a new multibillion-dollar life sciences facility in Wilson, which sits east of the Raleigh-Durham region along I-95 in Wilson County. The new factory will focus on the production of medicines for oncology and neurological diseases.
The development is expected to create up to 500 new jobs and represents the second major investment in Wilson County for Johnson & Johnson. In October 2024, the company announced a $2 billion manufacturing campus that would support 420 jobs. That facility is currently under construction, and Johnson & Johnson has begun hiring advanced manufacturing positions. Additionally, Johnson & Johnson announced last year a $2 billion biopharmaceutical manufacturing facility in nearby Holly Springs, N.C.
Civic partners on the new factory in Wilson includes the North Carolina Department of Commerce, the Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina, the North Carolina General Assembly, the North Carolina Biotechnology Center, the North Carolina Community College System, the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, Wilson Community College, the BioPharma Crescent, Wilson County, the Wilson Economic Development Council and the City of Wilson.