Health care company picks Louisville area for headquarters

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A health care company has chosen suburban Louisville as the site for its headquarters.

State and local officials say OncoMed Specialty is expected to create up to 150 new jobs and invest $2 million in the project to open its headquarters in Jeffersontown. The company provides oncology and hematology pharmacy services.

The company plans to locate its headquarters in the PharMerica building on Campus Place, near Bluegrass Parkway.

The new headquarters will be operational this summer.

The recent announcement was made by Gov. Steve Beshear and Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer.

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