More details on Cigna subsidiarys’ plans to expand a specialty pharmacy in the Newark area have been announced by the Delaware Prosperity Partnership.
It was announced eariier that Evernorth Health Services, The Cigna Group’s health services business, chose Newark as the location of a new 200,000-square-foot specialty pharmacy and distribution facility. No site was announced, although it is known that new industrial space is coming on line south of the college town.
At the site, Accredo, Evernorth’s specialty pharmacy, will dispense medications to patients across the Northeast. Additionally, Evernorth intends for its specialty pharmaceutical distributor, CuraScript SD, to operate from the facility alongside Accredo and distribute specialty medications to health care providers who treat rare and complex conditions.
The site will expand and replace Accredo’s existing location in New Castle, which was opened in 2007. The facility will be staffed by nearly 90 existing Delaware employees consisting of pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, warehouse associates, operations staff and more.
Evernorth anticipates more than doubling the number of Delaware employees at the Newark facility over the next several years. The specialty pharmacy operations serve patients diagnosed with some of the most rare and complex conditions, as well as providers who help treat these patients.
“This new facility will help us meet the growing demand and need for specialty medications, which have risen by 280% over the past two decades,” said Matt Perlberg, President, Pharmacy, Evernorth Health Services. “Evernorth is a leader in specialty pharmacy, dispensing millions of medications to patients and providers every year. As more complex medications come to market in the years ahead, our expanding location in Delaware will enable us to more efficiently and effectively distribute these lifesaving medications to individuals throughout the country, particularly in the Northeast.”
“Delaware has been home to one of our Accredo specialty pharmacy facilities for many years, and we look forward to deepening and expanding our ties in the community as we develop our new location,” Perlberg concluded.
“Delaware is a health care hub for the Mid-Atlantic region. That’s one of the reasons Evernorth chose Delaware to grow their existing specialty pharmacy services and fulfillment facility,” said Governor John Carney. “We are pleased Evernorth plans to make a significant investment in the First State to expand their operations, which will enable the company to retain and add jobs over the next several years.”
“Congratulations to Accredo on their expansion in New Castle County,” said New Castle County Executive Matt Meyer. “Increasing job opportunities here in the first county in the First State is important to continue to make our state a great place to live, work and raise a family.”
Delaware Prosperity Partnership, a private-public economic development group based in Wilmington, supported Evernorth’s request to Delaware’s Council on Development Finance for a Jobs Retention Grant, a Jobs Performance Grant, a Capital Expenditure Grant and a matching Training Grant.
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