Merck said on Tuesday it has opened a $1-billion facility at its North Carolina site, the latest drugmaker to boost its U.S. manufacturing amid President Donald Trump's tariff threats. Trump has been piling pressure on drugmakers since taking office to move medicine production to the U.

The drugmaker Merck announced it has opened a $1 billion vaccine manufacturing facility in north Durham, a 225,000-square-foot addition to the company’s existing campus off Old Oxford Road.

Merck said on Tuesday it has opened a $1-billion facility at its North Carolina site, as the drugmaker seeks to boost its U.S. manufacturing in the face of President Donald Trump's tariff threats. Dru

Merck has opened a $1 billion, 225,000-square-foot facility at its Durham campus dedicated to vaccine manufacturing, the drug giant announced Tuesday.

Unveiling of the new factory comes as Merck and other pharma companies face pressure to reshore manufacturing back to the U.S.

At its sprawling complex in Durham, N.C., Merck has opened a new $1 billion, 225,000-square-foot manufacturing plant slated to produce bulk substance for its megablockbuster HPV vaccine Gardasil.