"Module parse failed: Unexpected character '#'" while using pdfjs-dist in Angular application

Error message:

Error: ./node_modules/pdfjs-dist/build/pdf.js 1413:9
Module parse failed: Unexpected character '#' (1413:9)
You may need an appropriate loader to handle this file type, currently no loaders are configured to process this file. See https://webpack.js.org/concepts#loaders


I get this error on ng serve

I tried changing the versions. Currently I am using

"@types/pdfjs-dist": "2.1.6",
"pdfjs-dist": "2.16.105",
"webpack": "4.30.0",
"tslib": "^2.0.1"

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