Updated 10/10/2007 09:30 PM

North Carolina getting 1,100 new jobs

By: Associated Press

RALEIGH -- A Raleigh company that performs clinical research trials plans to expand its work force by nearly 1,100 employees by the end of 2011.

A state panel agreed Wednesday morning to give INC Research nearly $15 million in grants, if the company meets certain job-creation requirements.

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INC Research already employs 362 people in Wake County. The deal calls for the company to invest at least $17 million and allows it to create some new positions in Charlotte and Wilmington.

The Commerce Department says the new jobs are expected to have average salaries of more than $62,000. A state official says Philadelphia and Austin, Texas, also were in the running for the jobs.

The agency says INC Research is expected to invest $19 million over the next four years.

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