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Health And Human Services Secretary Azar To Visit Baxter In Bloomington

HHS Secretary Alex Azar with Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb.
HHS Secretary Alex Azar with Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb.

Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar and White House Domestic Policy Council Director Joe Grogan will visit Baxter International in Bloomington Friday.

Azar spent 10 years as a senior executive of Indianapolis-based drugmaker Eli Lilly.

An HHS news release says they will tour the health care company's facility and meet with CEO José "Joe" Almeida.

Almeida will sign the Pledge to America's Workers, a commitment introduced by the Trump administration that includes a promise to "expand programs that educate, train, and reskill American workers from high-school age to near-retirement."

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According to the release, Baxter recently announced a $500 million investment in new and existing U.S. facilities that make and distribute products for peritoneal dialysis (PD). 

Azar and Grogan are scheduled to arrive at Baxter at 2:15 p.m. Friday.

Emma Atkinson is a reporter for WTIU and WFIU News and the anchor of regional newscasts for All Things Considered. She's originally from Champaign, Ill. and graduated from IU with a Bachelor's degree in journalism in 2019. Emma has previously worked as a reporter in Kampala, Uganda and Ketchikan, Alaska.