Several life sciences companies and life science-focused real estate firms announced expansion plans as 2021 comes to an end.

Gilead Sciences will open the doors to the company’s new operations site in North Raleigh, N.C., as part of a business services center expansion. Gilead’s second-quarter 2021 product sales increased 21 percent year-over-year, primarily driven by the Covid-19 antiviral treatment Veklury (remdesivir).

BioSpace takes a look at the flurry of expansion activity in the life sciences industry as biopharma and diagnostic companies expand manufacturing sites.

Regeneron continues to expand the company’s presence in New York. During the next six years, Regeneron will invest $1.8 billion to expand the company’s Tarrytown facilities. The investment will support the addition of 1,000 new jobs.

Medable Inc., a leading cloud platform for patient-centered drug development, announced the first stage of the company’s European expansion plans with a new EMEA headquarters in Dublin.

Medable Inc., a leading cloud platform for patient-centered drug development, announced the hiring of Sanskriti Thakur as chief growth officer.

Eversana

EVERSANA, a pioneer of next generation commercial services to the global life sciences industry, on May 6 announced key appointments across Europe to further strengthen the company’s worldwide market access and pricing solutions leadership position.

New York City-based Pfizer announced plans to create a professional services office in Tampa, Florida and a major construction project in Portage, Michigan.

Amidst the pandemic, the biopharma industry continues to surge ahead as BioSpace reviews companies that have made recent job announcement expansions.

Leading topics of the 2020 J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference included a general lack of big deals, defining digital health, and biopharma’s diversity problem.