Governor Laura Kelly announced the largest economic development investment in her administration’s history on Monday in Manhattan. Governor Kelly announced the new investment, Scorpion Biological Services, a subsidiary of Heat Biologics, Inc., is commencing on planned development of a new 500,000 square foot biomanufacturing facility. Gov. Kelly says the $650 million business investment project will create 500 new, high-paying jobs in Manhattan within the next seven years. Gov. Kelly says the facility will support the development of vaccines that enable an accelerated response to global biological threats. In addition, Kelly says the Scorpion Biological Services intends to provide commercial level development, manufacturing, and bioanalytical testing services at every stage for biopharmaceutical products on a fee-for-service basis to the global health care industry.
