Talecris Takes Over 1,400-Employee Bayer Plant in Clayton

Bayer said Friday that it has completed the previously announced $590 million sale of its plasma products business to Talecris Biotherapeutics Inc. The plasma business, which is based in Research Triangle Park, employs 1,400 people at its manufacturing facility in Clayton.

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