Governor Kaine Announces Vaccine Production Facility Expansion in Rockingham County

Governor Timothy M. Kaine today announced that Merck & Co., Inc. will invest $57 million to expand the role its Elkton facility plays in producing GARDASIL, Merck's cervical cancer vaccine. The investment will include construction of a new building and the installation of equipment for the purification process - a key stage in manufacturing the product. Merck recently completed construction of a vaccine fermentation facility at Elkton, which will be used to support an earlier stage in the GARDASIL manufacturing process.

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