Pharma Company Gets Warm Welcome To Nutley From Gov. Murphy

NUTLEY, NJ — Gov. Phil Murphy was among the well-wishers on hand to welcome Eisai Inc. to its new U.S. headquarters in New Jersey last week with a ribbon cutting ceremony.

Eisai Inc., a subsidiary of Tokyo-based Eisai Co. Ltd., recently announced that the pharmaceutical company has relocated its U.S. headquarters to the ON3 campus at 200 Metro Boulevard on Route 3 at the border of Nutley and Clifton.

The former home of Hoffmann-La Roche, the property has been redeveloped by Prism Capital Partners. The 116-acre complex is now home to tenants that include retail clothing giant Ralph Lauren and the Hackensack-Meridian School of Medicine at Seton Hall University.

Nutley town officials previously said that Eisai's U.S. headquarters will bring an estimated 800 jobs to the area. At full capacity, the new facility will accommodate 1,300 employees. Read More: Pharma Company Moves Headquarters To Nutley; 800 Jobs Expected

According to Eisai’s website:

“Our U.S. corporate headquarters in Nutley, NJ, is the nerve center of a fully integrated pharmaceutical business focused on neurology and oncology. Here, we identify major medical challenges that Eisai is uniquely capable of tackling, set priorities, marshal resources and incite innovation.”

During Thursday’s ceremony, Murphy said New Jersey is excited to welcome Eisai to the business community in Nutley.

“This new collaborative and innovative center will bring hundreds of jobs to our state,” Murphy said. “New Jersey has become a hub for innovation in many industries, and Eisai's extraordinary innovative research that will take place here will contribute to life-changing scientific and medical solutions for people living with cancer, Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative diseases.”

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