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Pfizer is to close its pharmaceutical research departments in Slough and Gosport next year, with the loss of 90 jobs. 11-Nov-2009 Pfizer is to shed up to 240 of the 3,500 jobs at its pharmaceuticals research centre in Sandwich, Kent. 15-Jan-2009 Pfizer is to set up a £41m stem cell research centre at Granta science park in Cambridge, employing about 40 researchers. 17-Nov-2008 Pfizer is to close its pharmaceuticals factory at Sandwich in Kent with the loss of 420 jobs over the next two years, but its research and development centre will remain in the town. 12-Sep-2007 Pfizer is planning to transfer 65 jobs from Sandwich, Kent, to its Kalamazoo site in the US, as part of a reorganisation of its animal health research operations. 20-Jun-2007 Pfizer is to shed 10,000 jobs in its global pharmaceuticals business, including about 250 of the 6,000-strong UK workforce at sites in Kent and Surrey. 23-Jan-2007 Pfizer is to acquire PowderMed, the Oxford-based DNA vaccines company, for up to £214m. 10-Oct-2006 Pfizer is to shed 29 of the 571 jobs at its pharmaceuticals plant in Morpeth, and is still seeking a buyer for the site. 06-May-2005 Pfizer is to shed 400 jobs at its pharmaceuticals plant in Sandwich and sell off its site in Morpeth, which has 571 staff. 27-Jan-2005 Pfizer is to acquire Meridica, the Cambridge-based drug delivery company, from PA Consulting for £70m. 23-Sep-2004 Pfizer is to close its sales and marketing office in Southampton in March with the loss of up to 115 jobs, while a further 60 staff will relocate to its headquarters in Surrey. 08-Jan-2004 Pfizer is to close the Pharmacia drug development centre in High Wycombe with the loss of 164 jobs, although some jobs will be relocated to its site in Kent. 09-May-2003 Pfizer has confirmed plans to relocate a major part of its sales and marketing operation from Sandwich to Walton-on-the-Hill, near Tadworth, in December, where it will initially employ 425 staff. 14-Aug-2001 Pfizer has announced plans to build a £134m pharmaceuticals research centre at Sandwich in Kent, with the creation of 400 jobs. 07-May-2001 Pfizer is to close its laboratories at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge this year, in order to relocate 100 scientists to its research campus in Kent. 26-Jan-2001 Pfizer has awarded a £50m construction management contract to Bovis for a new laboratory and office complex at Sandwich in Kent. 25-Oct-2000 Pfizer has reached agreement to acquire Warner-Lambert for $90bn, in order to create the second largest pharmaceuticals group in the world. 08-Feb-2000 Pfizer has awarded a contract to Laing for the construction of a £50m information technology headquarters in Tadworth, Surrey, where it will employ about 900 people. 02-Sep-1999 Pfizer has awarded a contract to Morris Material Handling of Loughborough to install a new automated warehouse at its pharmaceutical manufacturing site in Sandwich, Kent. 06-Jan-1999 Pfizer, the US healthcare company, is planning to set up a European headquarters in Reigate which will employ 900 people. 03-Oct-1998 Phytopharm has awarded marketing rights for its P57 plant-based appetite suppressing compound to Pfizer of the US, and will receive up to £19m in licensing fees and milestone payments. 25-Aug-1998 Pfizer, the US pharmaceuticals company, is planning to build a £50m European headquarters near Reigate, employing 900 people. 01-Jun-1998 Oxford Glycosciences is to raise £30m in a flotation, and some of the shares will go to Pzifer and Incyte Pharmaceuticals of the US. 08-Apr-1998 Oxford Glycosciences has reached agreement to conduct research into Alzheimers disease on behalf of Pfizer, and will receive up to £30m in payments including royalties on any new drugs that result. 06-Apr-1998 BTG has reached agreement to licence its patented two-part hip cup to Howmedica, a division of Pzifer of the US. 28-Jan-1998 Peptide Therapeutics has awarded an exclusive option on a worldwide licence for a veterinary allergy vaccine to Pfizer of the US. 06-Jan-1998 Pfizer of the US is planning to invest £110m on the expansion of its pharmaceuticals site at Sandwich, Kent, creating 1,000 jobs. 12-Dec-1997
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