New Jersey-based Braeburn Pharmaceuticals said Tuesday it will build a USD 20 million manufacturing and research center in Durham County. The 50 new jobs paying an average of nearly USD 76,000 a year were announced just before state officials passed House Bill 2 in March. Braeburn said the law caused it to re-evaluate.
The company said in a news release it expects legal challenges will overturn the law.
The bill created a state anti-discrimination law that excludes lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. The law also requires transgender people to use public bathrooms that match the sex on their birth certificates.
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