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Shire Pharmaceuticals (JOBS) to Pour $460M, 750 Jobs into Lexington, Massachusetts

August 20, 2009 | 
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Boston -- Shire PLC plans to invest $460 million over the next eight years and hire 750 full-time employees in Lexington as its expands its Human Genetic Therapies division, the British drug maker said yesterday.
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