TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) -- Drug maker Pfizer Inc. will close its sterile manufacturing plant in Terre Haute by the middle of next year.
The company says the closure will eliminate the remaining 140 jobs at the plant.
The announcement is not surprising as the New York-based company said in January that it would lay off 660 workers at the Vigo County plant. It warned then that the remaining jobs could be cut later.
The plant currently manufactures antibiotics, but company officials say demand for the drugs has been declining because of generic competition.
The plant used to manufacture the inhaled insulin Exubera, but the company decided last year to stop selling it because of disappointing sales.
