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Elevate-Bio expected to bring more jobs to Pittsburgh in expansion

August 26, 2022 / 6:32 AM EDT / CBS Pittsburgh

Elevate-Bio bringing new jobs to Pittsburgh

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - Governor Tom Wolf announced on Thursday that a tech company, expanding in Pittsburgh, is expected to create nearly 200 jobs.

Elevate-Bio is focused on transformative cell and gene therapies.

It's building a new facility at Pitt's biomanufacturing center in Hazelwood Green.

Construction is expected to begin next year.

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Patrick Damp is a web producer for CBS Pittsburgh. A Pittsburgh native who grew up watching KDKA-TV, Patrick studied journalism at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. After half a decade in sports communication, Patrick decided to pursue his dream of working in journalism in his hometown and joined the CBS Pittsburgh team in 2019.