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No. Current/Last Owner Previous Owner/Affiliation Country State or Province City Status Site Notes Status Updates
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Current Owner PfizerPfizer - From Wikipedia: "Pfizer Incorporated (NYSE: PFE) is a pharmaceutical company, ranking number one in sales in the world. The company is based in New York City, with its research headquarters in Groton, Connecticut. It produces Lipitor (atorvastatin, used to lower blood cholesterol); the neuropathic pain/fibromyalgia drug Lyrica (pregabalin); the oral antifungal medication Diflucan (fluconazole), antibiotic Zithromax (azithromycin), Viagra (sildenafil citrate), and the anti inflammatory Celebrex (celecoxib) (also known as Celebra in some countries outside USA and Canada, mainly in South America)."
Former Owner/Affiliation WyethWyeth - Formerly, American Home Products, a holding company that was the result of numerous acquisitions, including portions of American Cyanimid, Genetics Institute, etc. Was acquired by Pfizer in 2009.
Canada
Quebec
Montreal
NoChangesPlanned
Has manufacturing and R&D
Title: Status of Pfizer and Wyeth research facilities
Source: Associated Press
Date: 2009-11-09
Type: News Story
Event Notes:
“various R&D”
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Current Owner PfizerPfizer - From Wikipedia: "Pfizer Incorporated (NYSE: PFE) is a pharmaceutical company, ranking number one in sales in the world. The company is based in New York City, with its research headquarters in Groton, Connecticut. It produces Lipitor (atorvastatin, used to lower blood cholesterol); the neuropathic pain/fibromyalgia drug Lyrica (pregabalin); the oral antifungal medication Diflucan (fluconazole), antibiotic Zithromax (azithromycin), Viagra (sildenafil citrate), and the anti inflammatory Celebrex (celecoxib) (also known as Celebra in some countries outside USA and Canada, mainly in South America)."
Former Owner/Affiliation PfizerPfizer - From Wikipedia: "Pfizer Incorporated (NYSE: PFE) is a pharmaceutical company, ranking number one in sales in the world. The company is based in New York City, with its research headquarters in Groton, Connecticut. It produces Lipitor (atorvastatin, used to lower blood cholesterol); the neuropathic pain/fibromyalgia drug Lyrica (pregabalin); the oral antifungal medication Diflucan (fluconazole), antibiotic Zithromax (azithromycin), Viagra (sildenafil citrate), and the anti inflammatory Celebrex (celecoxib) (also known as Celebra in some countries outside USA and Canada, mainly in South America)."
China
Shanghai
Shanghai
Open
Title: Status of Pfizer and Wyeth research facilities
Source: Associated Press
Date: 2009-11-09
Type: News Story
Event Notes:
“various R&D;”
Title: Pfizer Announces Global Research Network
Source: Official Pfizer Statement
Date: 2009-11-09
Type: Press Release
Event Notes:
Site is one of 3 that will supplement R&D at the five R&D hubs, the other two being San Francisco (former Rinat) and Cambridge, UK.
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Current Owner PfizerPfizer - From Wikipedia: "Pfizer Incorporated (NYSE: PFE) is a pharmaceutical company, ranking number one in sales in the world. The company is based in New York City, with its research headquarters in Groton, Connecticut. It produces Lipitor (atorvastatin, used to lower blood cholesterol); the neuropathic pain/fibromyalgia drug Lyrica (pregabalin); the oral antifungal medication Diflucan (fluconazole), antibiotic Zithromax (azithromycin), Viagra (sildenafil citrate), and the anti inflammatory Celebrex (celecoxib) (also known as Celebra in some countries outside USA and Canada, mainly in South America)."
Former Owner/Affiliation Warner-LambertWarner-Lambert - Was acquired by Pfizer in 2002.
France
Francilienne
Fresne
Closed
Acquired by Pfizer in Warner-Lambert acquisition. Closed a few years later. Would have been closed sooner, but the French government has a lengthy procedure for closing sites like Fresne.
Title: Anonymous Comment
Source: PharmaConduct Blog
Date: 2009-11-13
Type: Other
Event Notes: "..I know there was a small research (~150 scientists + support) site in France in a city called Fresnes near Paris. This use to be a Parke-Davis site that was closed in 2003 after the merge with Pharmacia. Few people went to sandwich, Cambridge, Ann Arbor..."
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Current Owner PfizerPfizer - From Wikipedia: "Pfizer Incorporated (NYSE: PFE) is a pharmaceutical company, ranking number one in sales in the world. The company is based in New York City, with its research headquarters in Groton, Connecticut. It produces Lipitor (atorvastatin, used to lower blood cholesterol); the neuropathic pain/fibromyalgia drug Lyrica (pregabalin); the oral antifungal medication Diflucan (fluconazole), antibiotic Zithromax (azithromycin), Viagra (sildenafil citrate), and the anti inflammatory Celebrex (celecoxib) (also known as Celebra in some countries outside USA and Canada, mainly in South America)."
Former Owner/Affiliation ColeyColey - Coley Pharmaceutical, GmbH, acquired in January 2008, is a pioneer in a new class of drug candidates called TLR Therapeutics. These work by stimulating or blocking important immune system receptors, known as Toll-like receptors. Toll-like receptors direct the immune system to fight disease and are critically involved in the body's immune response to bacterial, viral and fungal pathogens.
Germany
Düsseldorf
NoChangesPlanned
At the time of the Wyeth acquisition by Pfizer, was involved in an active RNAi collaboration with Pfizer Cambridge RTC. Overlap with Rinat?
Title: Status of Pfizer and Wyeth research facilities
Source: Associated Press
Date: 2009-11-09
Type: News Story
Event Notes:
“various R&D”
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Current Owner PfizerPfizer - From Wikipedia: "Pfizer Incorporated (NYSE: PFE) is a pharmaceutical company, ranking number one in sales in the world. The company is based in New York City, with its research headquarters in Groton, Connecticut. It produces Lipitor (atorvastatin, used to lower blood cholesterol); the neuropathic pain/fibromyalgia drug Lyrica (pregabalin); the oral antifungal medication Diflucan (fluconazole), antibiotic Zithromax (azithromycin), Viagra (sildenafil citrate), and the anti inflammatory Celebrex (celecoxib) (also known as Celebra in some countries outside USA and Canada, mainly in South America)."
Former Owner/Affiliation PfizerPfizer - From Wikipedia: "Pfizer Incorporated (NYSE: PFE) is a pharmaceutical company, ranking number one in sales in the world. The company is based in New York City, with its research headquarters in Groton, Connecticut. It produces Lipitor (atorvastatin, used to lower blood cholesterol); the neuropathic pain/fibromyalgia drug Lyrica (pregabalin); the oral antifungal medication Diflucan (fluconazole), antibiotic Zithromax (azithromycin), Viagra (sildenafil citrate), and the anti inflammatory Celebrex (celecoxib) (also known as Celebra in some countries outside USA and Canada, mainly in South America)."
Ireland
Dublin
Unknown
Pfizer Dublin Sterile
No. of Colleagues Approx. 240
Site Opened 1972
Size of Site 23.5 Acres
No. of Production Units 1
Departments Environmental, Health & Safety, Engineering, Finance, Human Resources, Production, Quality Operations, Technical Services, IT, Purchasing
Title: Pfizer closure plan sends shock through industry
Source: independent.ie
Date: 2007-02-09
Type: News Story
Event Notes:
  • Pfizer workers were stunned after the firm confirmed it plans to shed up to a third of its Irish-based workforce as part of a global cost-cutting exercise.
  • The axing of two of Pfizer's production plants and the potential loss of 545 jobs would be the worst industrial body blow suffered by Cork since the loss of Ford and Dunlops in the 1980s. The news came as Pfizer warned it had no option but to reduce production overcapacity within its Irish plants after its crucial new product, Torcetrapib, was withdrawn from US trials over patient safety fears.
  • Pfizer had invested more than $1bn (€767m) in the new anti-cholesterol drug - and it had been earmarked as the most important manufacturing product for Pfizer Ireland over the next decade.
  • Last night, Pfizer confirmed a three-phase programme, including:
    • Sale of the Little Island plant (180 jobs) in Cork as a going concern.
    • Sale of its Loughbeg plant (300 jobs) in Cork as a going concern.
    • Elimination of 65 positions at its main Ringaskiddy operation.
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Current Owner PfizerPfizer - From Wikipedia: "Pfizer Incorporated (NYSE: PFE) is a pharmaceutical company, ranking number one in sales in the world. The company is based in New York City, with its research headquarters in Groton, Connecticut. It produces Lipitor (atorvastatin, used to lower blood cholesterol); the neuropathic pain/fibromyalgia drug Lyrica (pregabalin); the oral antifungal medication Diflucan (fluconazole), antibiotic Zithromax (azithromycin), Viagra (sildenafil citrate), and the anti inflammatory Celebrex (celecoxib) (also known as Celebra in some countries outside USA and Canada, mainly in South America)."
Former Owner/Affiliation Warner-LambertWarner-Lambert - Was acquired by Pfizer in 2002.
Ireland
County Cork
Cork
Unknown
Operations support group located in Airport Business park
No. of Colleagues Approx. 50
Site Opened 1999
Size of Site 1,347 sq metres
Departments Supply Chain, Legal, Finance, Human Resources, Regulatory Affairs, IT, Marketing
Title: US drugs giant Pfizer to shut one Irish plant and sell two others in Cork - 545 jobs affected
Source: Finfacts.com
Date: 2007-02-08
Type: News Story
Event Notes:
  • Pfizer Ireland, a unit of the world's biggest pharmaceutical company Pfizer Inc., announced today that following a review of its Irish operations the company is to close one of its manufacturing units at Ringaskiddy, County Cork and sell its manufacturing units at Little Island and Loughbeg, with over 500 jobs affected.
  • Staff were informed this morning that the Ringaskiddy unit will close by the end of this year with the loss of 65 jobs, after the company was forced to abandon plans to produce a new anti cholesterol drug at the plant which had been built at a cost of $90m. The company spent $800m developing the torcetrapib drug.
  • Pfizer cancelled tests of torcetrapib designed to replace the powerhouse anti-cholesterol Lipitor, following safety concerns arising from clinical tests. Pfizer hasn't introduced a blockbuster - defined as a $1 billion plus annual revenue earner - since it launched the erectile dysfunction drug Viagra in 1998.
  • Some manufacturing at Little Island and all manufacturing at Loughbeg will be phased out next year and in 2009. The Loughbeg, Cork plant was formerly a Warner Lambert operation.
  • The company said it plans to sell the operation at Little Island as well as the Loughbeg plant as going concerns, hoping to preserve jobs at these two locations.
  • In a statement the company said around 180 employees at Little Island and about 300 at Loughbeg would be affected.
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Current Owner PfizerPfizer - From Wikipedia: "Pfizer Incorporated (NYSE: PFE) is a pharmaceutical company, ranking number one in sales in the world. The company is based in New York City, with its research headquarters in Groton, Connecticut. It produces Lipitor (atorvastatin, used to lower blood cholesterol); the neuropathic pain/fibromyalgia drug Lyrica (pregabalin); the oral antifungal medication Diflucan (fluconazole), antibiotic Zithromax (azithromycin), Viagra (sildenafil citrate), and the anti inflammatory Celebrex (celecoxib) (also known as Celebra in some countries outside USA and Canada, mainly in South America)."
Former Owner/Affiliation PfizerPfizer - From Wikipedia: "Pfizer Incorporated (NYSE: PFE) is a pharmaceutical company, ranking number one in sales in the world. The company is based in New York City, with its research headquarters in Groton, Connecticut. It produces Lipitor (atorvastatin, used to lower blood cholesterol); the neuropathic pain/fibromyalgia drug Lyrica (pregabalin); the oral antifungal medication Diflucan (fluconazole), antibiotic Zithromax (azithromycin), Viagra (sildenafil citrate), and the anti inflammatory Celebrex (celecoxib) (also known as Celebra in some countries outside USA and Canada, mainly in South America)."
Ireland
County Cork
Little Island
ToBeClosed
API Plant
No. of Colleagues Approx. 200
Site Opened 1978
Size of Site 20 Acres
No. of Production Units 2
Departments Supply Chain, Environmental, Health & Safety, Engineering, Finance, Human Resources, Production, Quality Operations, Chemical Services, Information Systems
Title: Pfizer's plan to sell Little Island API plant falters
Source: www.in-pharmatechnologist.com
Date: 2009-07-08
Type: News Story
Event Notes: A deal to sell Pfizer's active pharmaceutical ingredient manufacturing (API) plant in County Cork, Ireland, has fallen through according to a statement by the US drug giant, placing over 180 production jobs under threat.
Pfizer tried to sell this plant in 2008, but the deal fell through.
Title: US pharma giant Pfizer sells Loughbeg site in Cork to Portuguese company Hovione; 150 jobs to be cut
Source: Finfacts.ie
Date: 2008-12-11
Type: News Story
Event Notes:
  • US pharma giant Pfizer has sold its Loughbeg site in Cork to Hovione, a Portuguese pharmaceutical company. Up to 150 jobs are to be cut.
  • Pfizer, employs 2,300 people in Ireland, and announced in February 2007 that it was closing its Ringaskiddy plant and putting its Little Island and Loughbeg plants up for sale following a global review of its manufacturing operations.
  • Paul Duffy, Pfizer's vice president of manufacturing in Ireland said today: “The fact that Lougbeg will continue with 70 to 80 positions is welcome and secures a future for the site and offers the best opportunity from growth. However, the news of the redundancies will be a disappointment to impacted Loughbeg API colleagues and to their families.”
In August, Pfizer said that 180 posts would be lost at its Little Island plant after management failed to secure a buyer for the facility. It will close by the end of 2009.
Title: Pfizer closure plan sends shock through industry
Source: independent.ie
Date: 2007-02-09
Type: News Story
Event Notes:
  • Pfizer workers were stunned after the firm confirmed it plans to shed up to a third of its Irish-based workforce as part of a global cost-cutting exercise.
  • The axing of two of Pfizer's production plants and the potential loss of 545 jobs would be the worst industrial body blow suffered by Cork since the loss of Ford and Dunlops in the 1980s. The news came as Pfizer warned it had no option but to reduce production overcapacity within its Irish plants after its crucial new product, Torcetrapib, was withdrawn from US trials over patient safety fears.
  • Pfizer had invested more than $1bn (€767m) in the new anti-cholesterol drug - and it had been earmarked as the most important manufacturing product for Pfizer Ireland over the next decade.
  • Last night, Pfizer confirmed a three-phase programme, including:
    • Sale of the Little Island plant (180 jobs) in Cork as a going concern.
    • Sale of its Loughbeg plant (300 jobs) in Cork as a going concern.
    • Elimination of 65 positions at its main Ringaskiddy operation.
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Current Owner HovioneHovione - A Portuguese based pharma API manufacturer
Former Owner/Affiliation Warner-LambertWarner-Lambert - Was acquired by Pfizer in 2002.
Ireland
County Cork
Loughbeg
ToBeSold
Drug Product Plant
No. of Colleagues Approx. 200
Site Opened 2000
Size of Site 13.3 Acres
No. of Production Units 4
Departments Validation, General Management, Environmental, Health & Safety, Engineering, Finance, Human Resources, Production, Quality Operations, Technical Services
Output Chemicals Cholesterol-lowering combination therapy
Hovione took posession from Pfizer in April 2009.
Title: Pfizer's Loughbeg Site Transferred to Hovione
Source: Hovione Website
Date: 2009-04-01
Type: Press Release
Event Notes:
  1. The Loughbeg site is a Pfizer API production plant.
  2. The facility was transfered to Hovione in April 2009. It will continue to provide Pfizer with manufacturing services but will also produce products for other Hovione customers. The focus of the plant will be Contract Manufacturing.
Title: US pharma giant Pfizer sells Loughbeg site in Cork to Portuguese company Hovione; 150 jobs to be cut
Source: Finfacts.ie
Date: 2008-12-11
Type: News Story
Event Notes:
  • US pharma giant Pfizer has sold its Loughbeg site in Cork to Hovione, a Portuguese pharmaceutical company. Up to 150 jobs are to be cut.
  • Pfizer, employs 2,300 people in Ireland, and announced in February 2007 that it was closing its Ringaskiddy plant and putting its Little Island and Loughbeg plants up for sale following a global review of its manufacturing operations.
  • Paul Duffy, Pfizer's vice president of manufacturing in Ireland said today: “The fact that Lougbeg will continue with 70 to 80 positions is welcome and secures a future for the site and offers the best opportunity from growth. However, the news of the redundancies will be a disappointment to impacted Loughbeg API colleagues and to their families.”
Title: Pfizer closure plan sends shock through industry
Source: independent.ie
Date: 2007-02-09
Type: News Story
Event Notes:
  • Pfizer workers were stunned after the firm confirmed it plans to shed up to a third of its Irish-based workforce as part of a global cost-cutting exercise.
  • The axing of two of Pfizer's production plants and the potential loss of 545 jobs would be the worst industrial body blow suffered by Cork since the loss of Ford and Dunlops in the 1980s. The news came as Pfizer warned it had no option but to reduce production overcapacity within its Irish plants after its crucial new product, Torcetrapib, was withdrawn from US trials over patient safety fears.
  • Pfizer had invested more than $1bn (€767m) in the new anti-cholesterol drug - and it had been earmarked as the most important manufacturing product for Pfizer Ireland over the next decade.
  • Last night, Pfizer confirmed a three-phase programme, including:
    • Sale of the Little Island plant (180 jobs) in Cork as a going concern.
    • Sale of its Loughbeg plant (300 jobs) in Cork as a going concern.
    • Elimination of 65 positions at its main Ringaskiddy operation.
Title: US drugs giant Pfizer to shut one Irish plant and sell two others in Cork - 545 jobs affected
Source: Finfacts.com
Date: 2007-02-08
Type: News Story
Event Notes:
  • Pfizer Ireland, a unit of the world's biggest pharmaceutical company Pfizer Inc., announced today that following a review of its Irish operations the company is to close one of its manufacturing units at Ringaskiddy, County Cork and sell its manufacturing units at Little Island and Loughbeg, with over 500 jobs affected.
  • Staff were informed this morning that the Ringaskiddy unit will close by the end of this year with the loss of 65 jobs, after the company was forced to abandon plans to produce a new anti cholesterol drug at the plant which had been built at a cost of $90m. The company spent $800m developing the torcetrapib drug.
  • Pfizer cancelled tests of torcetrapib designed to replace the powerhouse anti-cholesterol Lipitor, following safety concerns arising from clinical tests. Pfizer hasn't introduced a blockbuster - defined as a $1 billion plus annual revenue earner - since it launched the erectile dysfunction drug Viagra in 1998.
  • Some manufacturing at Little Island and all manufacturing at Loughbeg will be phased out next year and in 2009. The Loughbeg, Cork plant was formerly a Warner Lambert operation.
  • The company said it plans to sell the operation at Little Island as well as the Loughbeg plant as going concerns, hoping to preserve jobs at these two locations.
  • In a statement the company said around 180 employees at Little Island and about 300 at Loughbeg would be affected.
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Current Owner PfizerPfizer - From Wikipedia: "Pfizer Incorporated (NYSE: PFE) is a pharmaceutical company, ranking number one in sales in the world. The company is based in New York City, with its research headquarters in Groton, Connecticut. It produces Lipitor (atorvastatin, used to lower blood cholesterol); the neuropathic pain/fibromyalgia drug Lyrica (pregabalin); the oral antifungal medication Diflucan (fluconazole), antibiotic Zithromax (azithromycin), Viagra (sildenafil citrate), and the anti inflammatory Celebrex (celecoxib) (also known as Celebra in some countries outside USA and Canada, mainly in South America)."
Former Owner/Affiliation PfizerPfizer - From Wikipedia: "Pfizer Incorporated (NYSE: PFE) is a pharmaceutical company, ranking number one in sales in the world. The company is based in New York City, with its research headquarters in Groton, Connecticut. It produces Lipitor (atorvastatin, used to lower blood cholesterol); the neuropathic pain/fibromyalgia drug Lyrica (pregabalin); the oral antifungal medication Diflucan (fluconazole), antibiotic Zithromax (azithromycin), Viagra (sildenafil citrate), and the anti inflammatory Celebrex (celecoxib) (also known as Celebra in some countries outside USA and Canada, mainly in South America)."
Ireland
County Cork
Ringaskiddy
Unknown
API Plant
No. of Colleagues Approx. 600
Site Opened 1972
Size of Site 200 Acres
No. of Production Units 4
Departments Customer Services, Environmental, Health & Safety, Engineering, Finance, Human Resources, IT, Production, Quality Operations, Technical Services
Title: Pfizer makes €11m investment in Ringaskiddy site.
Source: Finfacts.ie
Date: 2009-07-06
Type: News Story
Event Notes:
  • "...laboratory will be focused on research and development within the Process Development Centre (PDC) at the site. It will research, develop and create new manufacturing technology for more efficient production at Pfizer's facilities around the world."
  • "Pfizer's Cork site employs more than 550 people and comprises four API (bulk pharmaceutical) plants producing a range of materials for many of Pfizer's major products."
  • "70% of the production of the blockbuster cholesterol drug Lipitor, is located in Cork."
  • "Total Pfizer payroll in Ireland 2,000 people."
Title: Pfizer closure plan sends shock through industry
Source: independent.ie
Date: 2007-02-09
Type: News Story
Event Notes:
  • Pfizer workers were stunned after the firm confirmed it plans to shed up to a third of its Irish-based workforce as part of a global cost-cutting exercise.
  • The axing of two of Pfizer's production plants and the potential loss of 545 jobs would be the worst industrial body blow suffered by Cork since the loss of Ford and Dunlops in the 1980s. The news came as Pfizer warned it had no option but to reduce production overcapacity within its Irish plants after its crucial new product, Torcetrapib, was withdrawn from US trials over patient safety fears.
  • Pfizer had invested more than $1bn (€767m) in the new anti-cholesterol drug - and it had been earmarked as the most important manufacturing product for Pfizer Ireland over the next decade.
  • Last night, Pfizer confirmed a three-phase programme, including:
    • Sale of the Little Island plant (180 jobs) in Cork as a going concern.
    • Sale of its Loughbeg plant (300 jobs) in Cork as a going concern.
    • Elimination of 65 positions at its main Ringaskiddy operation.
Title: US drugs giant Pfizer to shut one Irish plant and sell two others in Cork - 545 jobs affected
Source: Finfacts.com
Date: 2007-02-08
Type: News Story
Event Notes:
  • Pfizer Ireland, a unit of the world's biggest pharmaceutical company Pfizer Inc., announced today that following a review of its Irish operations the company is to close one of its manufacturing units at Ringaskiddy, County Cork and sell its manufacturing units at Little Island and Loughbeg, with over 500 jobs affected.
  • Staff were informed this morning that the Ringaskiddy unit will close by the end of this year with the loss of 65 jobs, after the company was forced to abandon plans to produce a new anti cholesterol drug at the plant which had been built at a cost of $90m. The company spent $800m developing the torcetrapib drug.
  • Pfizer cancelled tests of torcetrapib designed to replace the powerhouse anti-cholesterol Lipitor, following safety concerns arising from clinical tests. Pfizer hasn't introduced a blockbuster - defined as a $1 billion plus annual revenue earner - since it launched the erectile dysfunction drug Viagra in 1998.
  • Some manufacturing at Little Island and all manufacturing at Loughbeg will be phased out next year and in 2009. The Loughbeg, Cork plant was formerly a Warner Lambert operation.
  • The company said it plans to sell the operation at Little Island as well as the Loughbeg plant as going concerns, hoping to preserve jobs at these two locations.
  • In a statement the company said around 180 employees at Little Island and about 300 at Loughbeg would be affected.
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Current Owner PfizerPfizer - From Wikipedia: "Pfizer Incorporated (NYSE: PFE) is a pharmaceutical company, ranking number one in sales in the world. The company is based in New York City, with its research headquarters in Groton, Connecticut. It produces Lipitor (atorvastatin, used to lower blood cholesterol); the neuropathic pain/fibromyalgia drug Lyrica (pregabalin); the oral antifungal medication Diflucan (fluconazole), antibiotic Zithromax (azithromycin), Viagra (sildenafil citrate), and the anti inflammatory Celebrex (celecoxib) (also known as Celebra in some countries outside USA and Canada, mainly in South America)."
Former Owner/Affiliation WyethWyeth - Formerly, American Home Products, a holding company that was the result of numerous acquisitions, including portions of American Cyanimid, Genetics Institute, etc. Was acquired by Pfizer in 2009.
Ireland
County Kildare
Newbridge
Unknown
Had extensive women's health program, but Wyeth isn't interested in this area anymore after Prempro. Tabletting.
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Current Owner PfizerPfizer - From Wikipedia: "Pfizer Incorporated (NYSE: PFE) is a pharmaceutical company, ranking number one in sales in the world. The company is based in New York City, with its research headquarters in Groton, Connecticut. It produces Lipitor (atorvastatin, used to lower blood cholesterol); the neuropathic pain/fibromyalgia drug Lyrica (pregabalin); the oral antifungal medication Diflucan (fluconazole), antibiotic Zithromax (azithromycin), Viagra (sildenafil citrate), and the anti inflammatory Celebrex (celecoxib) (also known as Celebra in some countries outside USA and Canada, mainly in South America)."
Former Owner/Affiliation WyethWyeth - Formerly, American Home Products, a holding company that was the result of numerous acquisitions, including portions of American Cyanimid, Genetics Institute, etc. Was acquired by Pfizer in 2009.
Ireland
County Limerick
Askeaton
Unknown
Focus is nutritionals. See Official Wyeth Site
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Current Owner PfizerPfizer - From Wikipedia: "Pfizer Incorporated (NYSE: PFE) is a pharmaceutical company, ranking number one in sales in the world. The company is based in New York City, with its research headquarters in Groton, Connecticut. It produces Lipitor (atorvastatin, used to lower blood cholesterol); the neuropathic pain/fibromyalgia drug Lyrica (pregabalin); the oral antifungal medication Diflucan (fluconazole), antibiotic Zithromax (azithromycin), Viagra (sildenafil citrate), and the anti inflammatory Celebrex (celecoxib) (also known as Celebra in some countries outside USA and Canada, mainly in South America)."
Former Owner/Affiliation WyethWyeth - Formerly, American Home Products, a holding company that was the result of numerous acquisitions, including portions of American Cyanimid, Genetics Institute, etc. Was acquired by Pfizer in 2009.
Ireland
Dublin
Grange Castle
Unknown
Supposedly, ultra-modern site for biologics R&D and manufacturing. See Official Wyeth/Pfizer Site
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Current Owner PfizerPfizer - From Wikipedia: "Pfizer Incorporated (NYSE: PFE) is a pharmaceutical company, ranking number one in sales in the world. The company is based in New York City, with its research headquarters in Groton, Connecticut. It produces Lipitor (atorvastatin, used to lower blood cholesterol); the neuropathic pain/fibromyalgia drug Lyrica (pregabalin); the oral antifungal medication Diflucan (fluconazole), antibiotic Zithromax (azithromycin), Viagra (sildenafil citrate), and the anti inflammatory Celebrex (celecoxib) (also known as Celebra in some countries outside USA and Canada, mainly in South America)."
Former Owner/Affiliation WyethWyeth - Formerly, American Home Products, a holding company that was the result of numerous acquisitions, including portions of American Cyanimid, Genetics Institute, etc. Was acquired by Pfizer in 2009.
Singapore
?
Site 1
Unknown
Nutritionals - R&D
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Current Owner PfizerPfizer - From Wikipedia: "Pfizer Incorporated (NYSE: PFE) is a pharmaceutical company, ranking number one in sales in the world. The company is based in New York City, with its research headquarters in Groton, Connecticut. It produces Lipitor (atorvastatin, used to lower blood cholesterol); the neuropathic pain/fibromyalgia drug Lyrica (pregabalin); the oral antifungal medication Diflucan (fluconazole), antibiotic Zithromax (azithromycin), Viagra (sildenafil citrate), and the anti inflammatory Celebrex (celecoxib) (also known as Celebra in some countries outside USA and Canada, mainly in South America)."
Former Owner/Affiliation WyethWyeth - Formerly, American Home Products, a holding company that was the result of numerous acquisitions, including portions of American Cyanimid, Genetics Institute, etc. Was acquired by Pfizer in 2009.
Singapore
?
Site 1
Unknown
Nutritionals - Manufacturing
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Current Owner PfizerPfizer - From Wikipedia: "Pfizer Incorporated (NYSE: PFE) is a pharmaceutical company, ranking number one in sales in the world. The company is based in New York City, with its research headquarters in Groton, Connecticut. It produces Lipitor (atorvastatin, used to lower blood cholesterol); the neuropathic pain/fibromyalgia drug Lyrica (pregabalin); the oral antifungal medication Diflucan (fluconazole), antibiotic Zithromax (azithromycin), Viagra (sildenafil citrate), and the anti inflammatory Celebrex (celecoxib) (also known as Celebra in some countries outside USA and Canada, mainly in South America)."
Former Owner/Affiliation WyethWyeth - Formerly, American Home Products, a holding company that was the result of numerous acquisitions, including portions of American Cyanimid, Genetics Institute, etc. Was acquired by Pfizer in 2009.
UK
Berkshire
Slough
ToBeClosed
Title: Pfizer Slashes R&D
Source: C&E News
Date: 2009-11-13
Type: News Story
Event Notes: The R&D cuts amount to 35% of its “R&D square footage,” according to Pfizer. The company has not indicated how many scientists fit into a square foot, but Pfizer and other estimates suggest that, when combined, roughly 1,300 researchers work at the locations earmarked for shuttering. Moreover, layoffs are sure to come at the sites being consolidated. ...As of last year, Pfizer and Wyeth employed roughly 14,000 R&D scientists combined, according to the spokeswoman. When Pfizer agreed to pay $68 billion for Wyeth earlier this year, it said it would shed 15% of the combined workforce of roughly 128,000 people to achieve $4 billion in cost savings by 2012. Those roughly 19,000 cuts included the 8,000 jobs Pfizer had already planned to eliminate by 2011.
Estimated Job Loss: 50
Title: Pfizer Announces Global Research Network
Source: Official Pfizer Statement
Date: 2009-11-09
Type: Press Release
Event Notes:
States that this facility will no longer conduct R&D.
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Current Owner PfizerPfizer - From Wikipedia: "Pfizer Incorporated (NYSE: PFE) is a pharmaceutical company, ranking number one in sales in the world. The company is based in New York City, with its research headquarters in Groton, Connecticut. It produces Lipitor (atorvastatin, used to lower blood cholesterol); the neuropathic pain/fibromyalgia drug Lyrica (pregabalin); the oral antifungal medication Diflucan (fluconazole), antibiotic Zithromax (azithromycin), Viagra (sildenafil citrate), and the anti inflammatory Celebrex (celecoxib) (also known as Celebra in some countries outside USA and Canada, mainly in South America)."
Former Owner/Affiliation WyethWyeth - Formerly, American Home Products, a holding company that was the result of numerous acquisitions, including portions of American Cyanimid, Genetics Institute, etc. Was acquired by Pfizer in 2009.
UK
Buckinghamshire
Taplow
ReductionsPlanned
Title: Pfizer Announces Global Research Network
Source: Official Pfizer Statement
Date: 2009-11-09
Type: Press Release
Event Notes:
States that this facility will no longer conduct R&D.
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Current Owner PfizerPfizer - From Wikipedia: "Pfizer Incorporated (NYSE: PFE) is a pharmaceutical company, ranking number one in sales in the world. The company is based in New York City, with its research headquarters in Groton, Connecticut. It produces Lipitor (atorvastatin, used to lower blood cholesterol); the neuropathic pain/fibromyalgia drug Lyrica (pregabalin); the oral antifungal medication Diflucan (fluconazole), antibiotic Zithromax (azithromycin), Viagra (sildenafil citrate), and the anti inflammatory Celebrex (celecoxib) (also known as Celebra in some countries outside USA and Canada, mainly in South America)."
Former Owner/Affiliation PfizerPfizer - From Wikipedia: "Pfizer Incorporated (NYSE: PFE) is a pharmaceutical company, ranking number one in sales in the world. The company is based in New York City, with its research headquarters in Groton, Connecticut. It produces Lipitor (atorvastatin, used to lower blood cholesterol); the neuropathic pain/fibromyalgia drug Lyrica (pregabalin); the oral antifungal medication Diflucan (fluconazole), antibiotic Zithromax (azithromycin), Viagra (sildenafil citrate), and the anti inflammatory Celebrex (celecoxib) (also known as Celebra in some countries outside USA and Canada, mainly in South America)."
UK
Cambridgeshire
Cambridge
Unknown
Title: Status of Pfizer and Wyeth research facilities
Source: Associated Press
Date: 2009-11-09
Type: News Story
Event Notes:
“regenerative medicine (repairing damaged tissue)”
Title: Pfizer Announces Global Research Network
Source: Official Pfizer Statement
Date: 2009-11-09
Type: Press Release
Event Notes:
Site is one of 3 that will supplement R&D at the five R&D hubs, the other two being San Francisco (former Rinat) and Shanghai, China.
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Current Owner PfizerPfizer - From Wikipedia: "Pfizer Incorporated (NYSE: PFE) is a pharmaceutical company, ranking number one in sales in the world. The company is based in New York City, with its research headquarters in Groton, Connecticut. It produces Lipitor (atorvastatin, used to lower blood cholesterol); the neuropathic pain/fibromyalgia drug Lyrica (pregabalin); the oral antifungal medication Diflucan (fluconazole), antibiotic Zithromax (azithromycin), Viagra (sildenafil citrate), and the anti inflammatory Celebrex (celecoxib) (also known as Celebra in some countries outside USA and Canada, mainly in South America)."
Former Owner/Affiliation WyethWyeth - Formerly, American Home Products, a holding company that was the result of numerous acquisitions, including portions of American Cyanimid, Genetics Institute, etc. Was acquired by Pfizer in 2009.
UK
Hampshire
Gosport
ToBeClosed
Title: Pfizer Slashes R&D
Source: C&E News
Date: 2009-11-13
Type: News Story
Event Notes: The R&D cuts amount to 35% of its “R&D square footage,” according to Pfizer. The company has not indicated how many scientists fit into a square foot, but Pfizer and other estimates suggest that, when combined, roughly 1,300 researchers work at the locations earmarked for shuttering. Moreover, layoffs are sure to come at the sites being consolidated. ...As of last year, Pfizer and Wyeth employed roughly 14,000 R&D scientists combined, according to the spokeswoman. When Pfizer agreed to pay $68 billion for Wyeth earlier this year, it said it would shed 15% of the combined workforce of roughly 128,000 people to achieve $4 billion in cost savings by 2012. Those roughly 19,000 cuts included the 8,000 jobs Pfizer had already planned to eliminate by 2011.
Estimated Job Loss: 40
Title: Status of Pfizer and Wyeth research facilities
Source: Associated Press
Date: 2009-11-09
Type: News Story
Event Notes:
Site listed as being closed
Title: Pfizer Announces Global Research Network
Source: Official Pfizer Statement
Date: 2009-11-09
Type: Press Release
Event Notes:
States that this facility will no longer conduct R&D.
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Current Owner PfizerPfizer - From Wikipedia: "Pfizer Incorporated (NYSE: PFE) is a pharmaceutical company, ranking number one in sales in the world. The company is based in New York City, with its research headquarters in Groton, Connecticut. It produces Lipitor (atorvastatin, used to lower blood cholesterol); the neuropathic pain/fibromyalgia drug Lyrica (pregabalin); the oral antifungal medication Diflucan (fluconazole), antibiotic Zithromax (azithromycin), Viagra (sildenafil citrate), and the anti inflammatory Celebrex (celecoxib) (also known as Celebra in some countries outside USA and Canada, mainly in South America)."
Former Owner/Affiliation PfizerPfizer - From Wikipedia: "Pfizer Incorporated (NYSE: PFE) is a pharmaceutical company, ranking number one in sales in the world. The company is based in New York City, with its research headquarters in Groton, Connecticut. It produces Lipitor (atorvastatin, used to lower blood cholesterol); the neuropathic pain/fibromyalgia drug Lyrica (pregabalin); the oral antifungal medication Diflucan (fluconazole), antibiotic Zithromax (azithromycin), Viagra (sildenafil citrate), and the anti inflammatory Celebrex (celecoxib) (also known as Celebra in some countries outside USA and Canada, mainly in South America)."
UK
Kent
Sandwich
Open
Ultra-modern site with expertise throughout the entire pharmaceutical discovery and development process, including manufacturing. Viagra was discovered here.
Title: Status of Pfizer and Wyeth research facilities
Source: Associated Press
Date: 2009-11-09
Type: News Story
Event Notes:
“vaccines, biotech drugs and traditional medicines”
Title: Pfizer Announces Global Research Network
Source: Official Pfizer Statement
Date: 2009-11-09
Type: Press Release
Event Notes:
Will be one of the 5 R&D hubs.
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Current Owner PfizerPfizer - From Wikipedia: "Pfizer Incorporated (NYSE: PFE) is a pharmaceutical company, ranking number one in sales in the world. The company is based in New York City, with its research headquarters in Groton, Connecticut. It produces Lipitor (atorvastatin, used to lower blood cholesterol); the neuropathic pain/fibromyalgia drug Lyrica (pregabalin); the oral antifungal medication Diflucan (fluconazole), antibiotic Zithromax (azithromycin), Viagra (sildenafil citrate), and the anti inflammatory Celebrex (celecoxib) (also known as Celebra in some countries outside USA and Canada, mainly in South America)."
Former Owner/Affiliation HaptogenHaptogen - A spinout of the University of Aberdeen, Haptogen was a biologics focused company that was purchased by Wyeth in 2007.
UK
Scotland
Aberdeen
NoChangesPlanned
Former Haptogen site; purchased by Wyeth in 2007 (see PDF)
Title: Status of Pfizer and Wyeth research facilities
Source: Associated Press
Date: 2009-11-09
Type: News Story
Event Notes:
“biotech drugs”
Title: Chomp! Wyeth Snaps Up Haptogen
Source: The In Vivo Blog
Date: 2007-10-09
Type: News Story
Event Notes:

Wyeth and Haptogen didn't disclose deal terms, but it's doubtful there was big money on the table. Wyeth, after all, is notoriously frugal in the business development department. And, in the biologics space, the pharma tends to pursue one-off opportunities, where it can leverage its own biologics infrastructure to lower the total cost of the deal.

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Current Owner PfizerPfizer - From Wikipedia: "Pfizer Incorporated (NYSE: PFE) is a pharmaceutical company, ranking number one in sales in the world. The company is based in New York City, with its research headquarters in Groton, Connecticut. It produces Lipitor (atorvastatin, used to lower blood cholesterol); the neuropathic pain/fibromyalgia drug Lyrica (pregabalin); the oral antifungal medication Diflucan (fluconazole), antibiotic Zithromax (azithromycin), Viagra (sildenafil citrate), and the anti inflammatory Celebrex (celecoxib) (also known as Celebra in some countries outside USA and Canada, mainly in South America)."
Former Owner/Affiliation WyethWyeth - Formerly, American Home Products, a holding company that was the result of numerous acquisitions, including portions of American Cyanimid, Genetics Institute, etc. Was acquired by Pfizer in 2009.
UK
Scotland
Dundee
Unknown
Affiliated with the University of Dundee through the quasi-government/private industry TMRC (http://www.tmrc.co.uk/). This arrangement has raised numerous eyebrows both within and external to Wyeth. (See Translational R&D Lab Opened in Scotland)
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Current Owner PfizerPfizer - From Wikipedia: "Pfizer Incorporated (NYSE: PFE) is a pharmaceutical company, ranking number one in sales in the world. The company is based in New York City, with its research headquarters in Groton, Connecticut. It produces Lipitor (atorvastatin, used to lower blood cholesterol); the neuropathic pain/fibromyalgia drug Lyrica (pregabalin); the oral antifungal medication Diflucan (fluconazole), antibiotic Zithromax (azithromycin), Viagra (sildenafil citrate), and the anti inflammatory Celebrex (celecoxib) (also known as Celebra in some countries outside USA and Canada, mainly in South America)."
Former Owner/Affiliation AgouronAgouron - Was acquired by Warner-Lambert in 1999, which was subsequently acquired by Pfizer in 2002.
US
California
La Jolla
NoChangesPlanned
Was originally the site of Agouron biotech, which was acquired by Warner-Lambert, then Pfizer. Agouron's specialty was virology. The site is currently focused on oncology.
Title: Status of Pfizer and Wyeth research facilities
Source: Associated Press
Date: 2009-11-09
Type: News Story
Event Notes:
“vaccines, biotech drugs and traditional medicines”
Title: Pfizer Announces Global Research Network
Source: Official Pfizer Statement
Date: 2009-11-09
Type: Press Release
Event Notes:
Will be one of 5 R&D hubs.
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Current Owner PfizerPfizer - From Wikipedia: "Pfizer Incorporated (NYSE: PFE) is a pharmaceutical company, ranking number one in sales in the world. The company is based in New York City, with its research headquarters in Groton, Connecticut. It produces Lipitor (atorvastatin, used to lower blood cholesterol); the neuropathic pain/fibromyalgia drug Lyrica (pregabalin); the oral antifungal medication Diflucan (fluconazole), antibiotic Zithromax (azithromycin), Viagra (sildenafil citrate), and the anti inflammatory Celebrex (celecoxib) (also known as Celebra in some countries outside USA and Canada, mainly in South America)."
Former Owner/Affiliation SUGENSUGEN - From Wikipedia - SUGEN, customarily written with capital letters, was founded in 1991 in Redwood City, California, as a partnership between the laboratories of Joseph Schlessinger at New York University Medical School and Axel Ullrich at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, with Steven Evans-Freke as a third co-founder. The name, SUGEN, is derived from combining the first "S" in Schlessinger followed by the "U" in Ullrich with "GEN" - a commonly used suffix by biotech companies (short for "GENetics" or "GENesis").
US
California
Redwood City
Closed
Was a very innovative biotech. Some of the SUGEN personnel came to La Jolla when Pfizer closed their site. They were a talented group.
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Current Owner PfizerPfizer - From Wikipedia: "Pfizer Incorporated (NYSE: PFE) is a pharmaceutical company, ranking number one in sales in the world. The company is based in New York City, with its research headquarters in Groton, Connecticut. It produces Lipitor (atorvastatin, used to lower blood cholesterol); the neuropathic pain/fibromyalgia drug Lyrica (pregabalin); the oral antifungal medication Diflucan (fluconazole), antibiotic Zithromax (azithromycin), Viagra (sildenafil citrate), and the anti inflammatory Celebrex (celecoxib) (also known as Celebra in some countries outside USA and Canada, mainly in South America)."
Former Owner/Affiliation CovXCovX - Acquired by Pfizer in 2006 as part of the BBC.
US
California
San Diego
Unknown
Focus is biotherapeutics.
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Current Owner PfizerPfizer - From Wikipedia: "Pfizer Incorporated (NYSE: PFE) is a pharmaceutical company, ranking number one in sales in the world. The company is based in New York City, with its research headquarters in Groton, Connecticut. It produces Lipitor (atorvastatin, used to lower blood cholesterol); the neuropathic pain/fibromyalgia drug Lyrica (pregabalin); the oral antifungal medication Diflucan (fluconazole), antibiotic Zithromax (azithromycin), Viagra (sildenafil citrate), and the anti inflammatory Celebrex (celecoxib) (also known as Celebra in some countries outside USA and Canada, mainly in South America)."
Former Owner/Affiliation RinatRinat - Was a San Francisco, CA biotech focused on monoclonal antibodies when acquired by Pfizer in 2004 for $500 million cash.
US
California
San Francisco
Open
Pfizer acquired Rinat in 2006 for approximately $500 million in cash.
Title: Status of Pfizer and Wyeth research facilities
Source: Associated Press
Date: 2009-11-09
Type: News Story
Event Notes:
“antibody-based biotech drugs”
Title: Pfizer Announces Global Research Network
Source: Official Pfizer Statement
Date: 2009-11-09
Type: Press Release
Event Notes:
Site is one of 3 that will supplement R&D at the five R&D hubs, the other two being Cambridge, UK and Shanghai, China.
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Current Owner PfizerPfizer - From Wikipedia: "Pfizer Incorporated (NYSE: PFE) is a pharmaceutical company, ranking number one in sales in the world. The company is based in New York City, with its research headquarters in Groton, Connecticut. It produces Lipitor (atorvastatin, used to lower blood cholesterol); the neuropathic pain/fibromyalgia drug Lyrica (pregabalin); the oral antifungal medication Diflucan (fluconazole), antibiotic Zithromax (azithromycin), Viagra (sildenafil citrate), and the anti inflammatory Celebrex (celecoxib) (also known as Celebra in some countries outside USA and Canada, mainly in South America)."
Former Owner/Affiliation PfizerPfizer - From Wikipedia: "Pfizer Incorporated (NYSE: PFE) is a pharmaceutical company, ranking number one in sales in the world. The company is based in New York City, with its research headquarters in Groton, Connecticut. It produces Lipitor (atorvastatin, used to lower blood cholesterol); the neuropathic pain/fibromyalgia drug Lyrica (pregabalin); the oral antifungal medication Diflucan (fluconazole), antibiotic Zithromax (azithromycin), Viagra (sildenafil citrate), and the anti inflammatory Celebrex (celecoxib) (also known as Celebra in some countries outside USA and Canada, mainly in South America)."
US
Connecticut
Groton
Open
Pfizer's main R&D Site.
Title: Pfizer Quick on the Draw with R&D Location Plans
Source: Article from PharmExec.com
Date: 2009-11-11
Type: News Story
Event Notes:
The company has yet to release the actual number of employees being released, but reports indicate that 1,500 employees at the New London, CT, location will be transitioned to the Groton building.
"In Groton and New London, there will be a minimal headcount effect," said Mackay. "Our presence in Connecticut will be approximately the same ... it's about 5,000 now, and that number will continue, though the makeup will change around the edges."
Title: Status of Pfizer and Wyeth research facilities
Source: Associated Press
Date: 2009-11-09
Type: News Story
Event Notes:
“vaccines, biotech drugs, and traditional medicines”
Title: Pfizer Announces Global Research Network
Source: Official Pfizer Statement
Date: 2009-11-09
Type: Press Release
Event Notes:
This site will remain as 1 of 5 research hubs.
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Current Owner PfizerPfizer - From Wikipedia: "Pfizer Incorporated (NYSE: PFE) is a pharmaceutical company, ranking number one in sales in the world. The company is based in New York City, with its research headquarters in Groton, Connecticut. It produces Lipitor (atorvastatin, used to lower blood cholesterol); the neuropathic pain/fibromyalgia drug Lyrica (pregabalin); the oral antifungal medication Diflucan (fluconazole), antibiotic Zithromax (azithromycin), Viagra (sildenafil citrate), and the anti inflammatory Celebrex (celecoxib) (also known as Celebra in some countries outside USA and Canada, mainly in South America)."
Former Owner/Affiliation PfizerPfizer - From Wikipedia: "Pfizer Incorporated (NYSE: PFE) is a pharmaceutical company, ranking number one in sales in the world. The company is based in New York City, with its research headquarters in Groton, Connecticut. It produces Lipitor (atorvastatin, used to lower blood cholesterol); the neuropathic pain/fibromyalgia drug Lyrica (pregabalin); the oral antifungal medication Diflucan (fluconazole), antibiotic Zithromax (azithromycin), Viagra (sildenafil citrate), and the anti inflammatory Celebrex (celecoxib) (also known as Celebra in some countries outside USA and Canada, mainly in South America)."
US
Connecticut
New London
ToBeClosed
Title: Pfizer Quick on the Draw with R&D Location Plans
Source: Article from PharmExec.com
Date: 2009-11-11
Type: News Story
Event Notes:
The company has yet to release the actual number of employees being released, but reports indicate that 1,500 employees at the New London, CT, location will be transitioned to the Groton building.
"In Groton and New London, there will be a minimal headcount effect," said Mackay. "Our presence in Connecticut will be approximately the same ... it's about 5,000 now, and that number will continue, though the makeup will change around the edges."
Title: Pfizer Announces Global Research Network
Source: Official Pfizer Statement
Date: 2009-11-09
Type: Press Release
Event Notes:
States that this facility will no longer conduct R&D and that activities will be consolidated to nearby Groton.
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Current Owner PfizerPfizer - From Wikipedia: "Pfizer Incorporated (NYSE: PFE) is a pharmaceutical company, ranking number one in sales in the world. The company is based in New York City, with its research headquarters in Groton, Connecticut. It produces Lipitor (atorvastatin, used to lower blood cholesterol); the neuropathic pain/fibromyalgia drug Lyrica (pregabalin); the oral antifungal medication Diflucan (fluconazole), antibiotic Zithromax (azithromycin), Viagra (sildenafil citrate), and the anti inflammatory Celebrex (celecoxib) (also known as Celebra in some countries outside USA and Canada, mainly in South America)."
Former Owner/Affiliation PharmaciaPharmacia - Was acquired by Pfizer in 2004. Was the result of the acquisition of Upjohn and other companies.
US
Illinois
Skokie
Closed
Was originally part of Searle. Acquired by Pharmacia, then Pfizer. Closed soon after Pharmacia acquisition.
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Current Owner PfizerPfizer - From Wikipedia: "Pfizer Incorporated (NYSE: PFE) is a pharmaceutical company, ranking number one in sales in the world. The company is based in New York City, with its research headquarters in Groton, Connecticut. It produces Lipitor (atorvastatin, used to lower blood cholesterol); the neuropathic pain/fibromyalgia drug Lyrica (pregabalin); the oral antifungal medication Diflucan (fluconazole), antibiotic Zithromax (azithromycin), Viagra (sildenafil citrate), and the anti inflammatory Celebrex (celecoxib) (also known as Celebra in some countries outside USA and Canada, mainly in South America)."
Former Owner/Affiliation Fort Dodge Animal HealthFort Dodge Animal Health - Fort Dodge Animal Health was founded in 1912 by Daniel E. Baughman as "Fort Dodge Serum Company". The company was established in Fort Dodge, Iowa, to manufacture hog cholera serum. It became a division of American Home Products (now Wyeth) in 1945. They are a leading manufacturer of prescription and over-the-counter vaccines and pharmaceuticals for veterinary medicine as well as livestock. Its global headquarters are located in Overland Park, Kansas. Pfizer plans to divest some of the Fort Dodge Animal Health products it acquired with Wyeth. Innovative Fort Dodge products include West Nile-Innovator, Duramune Adult, CYDECTIN Pour-on, the Pyramid vaccine line, Quest Gel, and EtoGesic Tablets.
US
Iowa
Fort Dodge
ToBeClosed
Original site of the company that become Fort Dodge Animal Health.
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Current Owner PfizerPfizer - From Wikipedia: "Pfizer Incorporated (NYSE: PFE) is a pharmaceutical company, ranking number one in sales in the world. The company is based in New York City, with its research headquarters in Groton, Connecticut. It produces Lipitor (atorvastatin, used to lower blood cholesterol); the neuropathic pain/fibromyalgia drug Lyrica (pregabalin); the oral antifungal medication Diflucan (fluconazole), antibiotic Zithromax (azithromycin), Viagra (sildenafil citrate), and the anti inflammatory Celebrex (celecoxib) (also known as Celebra in some countries outside USA and Canada, mainly in South America)."
Former Owner/Affiliation Fort Dodge Animal HealthFort Dodge Animal Health - Fort Dodge Animal Health was founded in 1912 by Daniel E. Baughman as "Fort Dodge Serum Company". The company was established in Fort Dodge, Iowa, to manufacture hog cholera serum. It became a division of American Home Products (now Wyeth) in 1945. They are a leading manufacturer of prescription and over-the-counter vaccines and pharmaceuticals for veterinary medicine as well as livestock. Its global headquarters are located in Overland Park, Kansas. Pfizer plans to divest some of the Fort Dodge Animal Health products it acquired with Wyeth. Innovative Fort Dodge products include West Nile-Innovator, Duramune Adult, CYDECTIN Pour-on, the Pyramid vaccine line, Quest Gel, and EtoGesic Tablets.
US
Kansas
Overland Park
ToBeClosed
Title: Layoffs begin at Fort Dodge Animal Health in Overland Park
Source:
Date: 2009-12-21
Type: News Story
Event Notes:
Between 150 and 170 people will be laid off, depending on how many of them are transferred elsewhere in the company, said Shelly Thompson, rapid response coordinator for the state of Kansas. The cuts, which already have begun, are to happen in waves through June. The employees will be given 60 days notice of their termination and be offered comprehensive severance packages, Thompson said.
Title: Doing the math on impending Pfizer layoffs
Source: FiercePharma
Date: 2009-10-21
Type: News Story
Event Notes: As of this morning, that 13,000 includes some 200 folks who work at Wyeth's Fort Dodge Animal Health facility in Overland Park, Kansas. The facility is slated to close, in "a matter of months, not weeks," the Kansas City Star reports. That leaves 12,800.
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Current Owner PfizerPfizer - From Wikipedia: "Pfizer Incorporated (NYSE: PFE) is a pharmaceutical company, ranking number one in sales in the world. The company is based in New York City, with its research headquarters in Groton, Connecticut. It produces Lipitor (atorvastatin, used to lower blood cholesterol); the neuropathic pain/fibromyalgia drug Lyrica (pregabalin); the oral antifungal medication Diflucan (fluconazole), antibiotic Zithromax (azithromycin), Viagra (sildenafil citrate), and the anti inflammatory Celebrex (celecoxib) (also known as Celebra in some countries outside USA and Canada, mainly in South America)."
Former Owner/Affiliation WyethWyeth - Formerly, American Home Products, a holding company that was the result of numerous acquisitions, including portions of American Cyanimid, Genetics Institute, etc. Was acquired by Pfizer in 2009.
US
Massachussetts
Andover
NoChangesPlanned
Has some R&D, but primary function is pilot scale up of biologics and relatively small scale manufacturing.
Title: Status of Pfizer and Wyeth research facilities
Source: Associated Press
Date: 2009-11-09
Type: News Story
Event Notes:
“biotech drugs”
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Current Owner PfizerPfizer - From Wikipedia: "Pfizer Incorporated (NYSE: PFE) is a pharmaceutical company, ranking number one in sales in the world. The company is based in New York City, with its research headquarters in Groton, Connecticut. It produces Lipitor (atorvastatin, used to lower blood cholesterol); the neuropathic pain/fibromyalgia drug Lyrica (pregabalin); the oral antifungal medication Diflucan (fluconazole), antibiotic Zithromax (azithromycin), Viagra (sildenafil citrate), and the anti inflammatory Celebrex (celecoxib) (also known as Celebra in some countries outside USA and Canada, mainly in South America)."
Former Owner/Affiliation PfizerPfizer - From Wikipedia: "Pfizer Incorporated (NYSE: PFE) is a pharmaceutical company, ranking number one in sales in the world. The company is based in New York City, with its research headquarters in Groton, Connecticut. It produces Lipitor (atorvastatin, used to lower blood cholesterol); the neuropathic pain/fibromyalgia drug Lyrica (pregabalin); the oral antifungal medication Diflucan (fluconazole), antibiotic Zithromax (azithromycin), Viagra (sildenafil citrate), and the anti inflammatory Celebrex (celecoxib) (also known as Celebra in some countries outside USA and Canada, mainly in South America)."
US
Massachussetts
Cambridge
NoChangesPlanned
Was originally the Discovery Technology Center, then later renamed Research Technology Center.
Title: Status of Pfizer and Wyeth research facilities
Source: Associated Press
Date: 2009-11-09
Type: News Story
Event Notes:
“various R&D”
Title: Pfizer Announces Global Research Network
Source: Official Pfizer Statement
Date: 2009-11-09
Type: Press Release
Event Notes:
Cambridge, MA will be a research site, but press release does not specify whether that means this site or the former Genetics Institute site.
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Current Owner PfizerPfizer - From Wikipedia: "Pfizer Incorporated (NYSE: PFE) is a pharmaceutical company, ranking number one in sales in the world. The company is based in New York City, with its research headquarters in Groton, Connecticut. It produces Lipitor (atorvastatin, used to lower blood cholesterol); the neuropathic pain/fibromyalgia drug Lyrica (pregabalin); the oral antifungal medication Diflucan (fluconazole), antibiotic Zithromax (azithromycin), Viagra (sildenafil citrate), and the anti inflammatory Celebrex (celecoxib) (also known as Celebra in some countries outside USA and Canada, mainly in South America)."
Former Owner/Affiliation WyethWyeth - Formerly, American Home Products, a holding company that was the result of numerous acquisitions, including portions of American Cyanimid, Genetics Institute, etc. Was acquired by Pfizer in 2009.
US
Massachussetts
Cambridge
NoChangesPlanned
Was originally the former Genetics Institute site acquired by AHP.
Title: Status of Pfizer and Wyeth research facilities
Source: Associated Press
Date: 2009-11-09
Type: News Story
Event Notes:
“vaccines, biotech drugs, and traditional medicines”
Title: Pfizer Announces Global Research Network
Source: Official Pfizer Statement
Date: 2009-11-09
Type: Press Release
Event Notes:
Cambridge, MA will be a research site, but PR does not specify whether that means this site or the Pfizer RTC.
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Current Owner PfizerPfizer - From Wikipedia: "Pfizer Incorporated (NYSE: PFE) is a pharmaceutical company, ranking number one in sales in the world. The company is based in New York City, with its research headquarters in Groton, Connecticut. It produces Lipitor (atorvastatin, used to lower blood cholesterol); the neuropathic pain/fibromyalgia drug Lyrica (pregabalin); the oral antifungal medication Diflucan (fluconazole), antibiotic Zithromax (azithromycin), Viagra (sildenafil citrate), and the anti inflammatory Celebrex (celecoxib) (also known as Celebra in some countries outside USA and Canada, mainly in South America)."
Former Owner/Affiliation Warner-LambertWarner-Lambert - Was acquired by Pfizer in 2002.
US
Michigan
Ann Arbor
Closed
Was the former Parke-Davis site where Lipitor was discovered. Pfizer closed this site after sales of Celebrex fell due to the discovery of COX-2 cardiovascular liability (see Vioxx).
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Current Owner PfizerPfizer - From Wikipedia: "Pfizer Incorporated (NYSE: PFE) is a pharmaceutical company, ranking number one in sales in the world. The company is based in New York City, with its research headquarters in Groton, Connecticut. It produces Lipitor (atorvastatin, used to lower blood cholesterol); the neuropathic pain/fibromyalgia drug Lyrica (pregabalin); the oral antifungal medication Diflucan (fluconazole), antibiotic Zithromax (azithromycin), Viagra (sildenafil citrate), and the anti inflammatory Celebrex (celecoxib) (also known as Celebra in some countries outside USA and Canada, mainly in South America)."
Former Owner/Affiliation PharmaciaPharmacia - Was acquired by Pfizer in 2004. Was the result of the acquisition of Upjohn and other companies.
US
Michigan
Kalamazoo
ReductionsExecuted
Pfizer shutdown R&D at this site soon after the Pharmacia acquistion.
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Current Owner PfizerPfizer - From Wikipedia: "Pfizer Incorporated (NYSE: PFE) is a pharmaceutical company, ranking number one in sales in the world. The company is based in New York City, with its research headquarters in Groton, Connecticut. It produces Lipitor (atorvastatin, used to lower blood cholesterol); the neuropathic pain/fibromyalgia drug Lyrica (pregabalin); the oral antifungal medication Diflucan (fluconazole), antibiotic Zithromax (azithromycin), Viagra (sildenafil citrate), and the anti inflammatory Celebrex (celecoxib) (also known as Celebra in some countries outside USA and Canada, mainly in South America)."
Former Owner/Affiliation PharmaciaPharmacia - Was acquired by Pfizer in 2004. Was the result of the acquisition of Upjohn and other companies.
US
Missouri
St. Louis
ReductionsPlanned
Celebrex was discovered here. Facility is colocated with Monsanto.
Title: Pfizer Slashes R&D
Source: C&E News
Date: 2009-11-13
Type: News Story
Event Notes: The R&D cuts amount to 35% of its “R&D square footage,” according to Pfizer. The company has not indicated how many scientists fit into a square foot, but Pfizer and other estimates suggest that, when combined, roughly 1,300 researchers work at the locations earmarked for shuttering. Moreover, layoffs are sure to come at the sites being consolidated. ...As of last year, Pfizer and Wyeth employed roughly 14,000 R&D scientists combined, according to the spokeswoman. When Pfizer agreed to pay $68 billion for Wyeth earlier this year, it said it would shed 15% of the combined workforce of roughly 128,000 people to achieve $4 billion in cost savings by 2012. Those roughly 19,000 cuts included the 8,000 jobs Pfizer had already planned to eliminate by 2011.
Estimated Job Loss: 600
Title: Status of Pfizer and Wyeth research facilities
Source: Associated Press
Date: 2009-11-09
Type: News Story
Event Notes:
“biotech drugs, but with sharply reduced staff”
Title: Pfizer Announces Global Research Network
Source: Official Pfizer Statement
Date: 2009-11-09
Type: Press Release
Event Notes:
PR states that number of positions will be relocated from here as part of significant R&D reduction. Preliminary indications are that 600 of 1,000 R&D jobs will be cut (see Total Scientific Personnel at Site Prior to Merger (see St. Louis Biz Journal: Pfizer to eliminate 600 St. Louis jobs).
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Current Owner PfizerPfizer - From Wikipedia: "Pfizer Incorporated (NYSE: PFE) is a pharmaceutical company, ranking number one in sales in the world. The company is based in New York City, with its research headquarters in Groton, Connecticut. It produces Lipitor (atorvastatin, used to lower blood cholesterol); the neuropathic pain/fibromyalgia drug Lyrica (pregabalin); the oral antifungal medication Diflucan (fluconazole), antibiotic Zithromax (azithromycin), Viagra (sildenafil citrate), and the anti inflammatory Celebrex (celecoxib) (also known as Celebra in some countries outside USA and Canada, mainly in South America)."
Former Owner/Affiliation WyethWyeth - Formerly, American Home Products, a holding company that was the result of numerous acquisitions, including portions of American Cyanimid, Genetics Institute, etc. Was acquired by Pfizer in 2009.
US
New Jersey
Bridgewater
ToBeClosed
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Current Owner PfizerPfizer - From Wikipedia: "Pfizer Incorporated (NYSE: PFE) is a pharmaceutical company, ranking number one in sales in the world. The company is based in New York City, with its research headquarters in Groton, Connecticut. It produces Lipitor (atorvastatin, used to lower blood cholesterol); the neuropathic pain/fibromyalgia drug Lyrica (pregabalin); the oral antifungal medication Diflucan (fluconazole), antibiotic Zithromax (azithromycin), Viagra (sildenafil citrate), and the anti inflammatory Celebrex (celecoxib) (also known as Celebra in some countries outside USA and Canada, mainly in South America)."
Former Owner/Affiliation WyethWyeth - Formerly, American Home Products, a holding company that was the result of numerous acquisitions, including portions of American Cyanimid, Genetics Institute, etc. Was acquired by Pfizer in 2009.
US
New Jersey
Madison
Open
Was Wyeth's main HQ, in addition to the head of the consumer products business. Previous announcement said that it would remain the head of the consumer products business.
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Current Owner Johnson and JohnsonJohnson and Johnson - From Wikipedia - Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) is a global American pharmaceutical, medical devices and consumer packaged goods manufacturer founded in 1886. J & J is known for its corporate reputation, consistently ranking at the top of Harris Interactive's National Corporate Reputation Survey, ranking as the world's most respected company by Barron's Magazine, and was the first corporation awarded the Benjamin Franklin Award for Public Diplomacy by the U.S. State Department for its funding of international education programs.
Former Owner/Affiliation Warner-LambertWarner-Lambert - Was acquired by Pfizer in 2002.
US
New Jersey
Morris Plains
Open
Originally Warner-Lambert, then Pfizer, then J&J
Title: Blog post in article.
Source: Anonymous post on PharmaConduct.org
Date: 2009-11-11
Type: Other
Event Notes: Also, there's a facility Pfizer got in Morris Plains, NJ from Warner-Lambert which was eventually conveyed to J&J as part of the spinoff of the consumer pharma business.
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Current Owner PfizerPfizer - From Wikipedia: "Pfizer Incorporated (NYSE: PFE) is a pharmaceutical company, ranking number one in sales in the world. The company is based in New York City, with its research headquarters in Groton, Connecticut. It produces Lipitor (atorvastatin, used to lower blood cholesterol); the neuropathic pain/fibromyalgia drug Lyrica (pregabalin); the oral antifungal medication Diflucan (fluconazole), antibiotic Zithromax (azithromycin), Viagra (sildenafil citrate), and the anti inflammatory Celebrex (celecoxib) (also known as Celebra in some countries outside USA and Canada, mainly in South America)."
Former Owner/Affiliation PfizerPfizer - From Wikipedia: "Pfizer Incorporated (NYSE: PFE) is a pharmaceutical company, ranking number one in sales in the world. The company is based in New York City, with its research headquarters in Groton, Connecticut. It produces Lipitor (atorvastatin, used to lower blood cholesterol); the neuropathic pain/fibromyalgia drug Lyrica (pregabalin); the oral antifungal medication Diflucan (fluconazole), antibiotic Zithromax (azithromycin), Viagra (sildenafil citrate), and the anti inflammatory Celebrex (celecoxib) (also known as Celebra in some countries outside USA and Canada, mainly in South America)."
US
New Jersey
Peapack
NoChangesPlanned
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Current Owner PfizerPfizer - From Wikipedia: "Pfizer Incorporated (NYSE: PFE) is a pharmaceutical company, ranking number one in sales in the world. The company is based in New York City, with its research headquarters in Groton, Connecticut. It produces Lipitor (atorvastatin, used to lower blood cholesterol); the neuropathic pain/fibromyalgia drug Lyrica (pregabalin); the oral antifungal medication Diflucan (fluconazole), antibiotic Zithromax (azithromycin), Viagra (sildenafil citrate), and the anti inflammatory Celebrex (celecoxib) (also known as Celebra in some countries outside USA and Canada, mainly in South America)."
Former Owner/Affiliation WyethWyeth - Formerly, American Home Products, a holding company that was the result of numerous acquisitions, including portions of American Cyanimid, Genetics Institute, etc. Was acquired by Pfizer in 2009.
US
New Jersey
Princeton
ToBeClosed
Supposedly, Effexor, Wyeth's older SNRI/SSRI inhibitor, was discovered here. Wyeth was trying to transition patients to Pristiq, which is the primary metabolite of Effexor, but has much more patent life. Site is also referred to as Monmouth Junction or South Brunswick.
Title: Pfizer Slashes R&D
Source: C&E News
Date: 2009-11-13
Type: News Story
Event Notes: The R&D cuts amount to 35% of its “R&D square footage,” according to Pfizer. The company has not indicated how many scientists fit into a square foot, but Pfizer and other estimates suggest that, when combined, roughly 1,300 researchers work at the locations earmarked for shuttering. Moreover, layoffs are sure to come at the sites being consolidated. ...As of last year, Pfizer and Wyeth employed roughly 14,000 R&D scientists combined, according to the spokeswoman. When Pfizer agreed to pay $68 billion for Wyeth earlier this year, it said it would shed 15% of the combined workforce of roughly 128,000 people to achieve $4 billion in cost savings by 2012. Those roughly 19,000 cuts included the 8,000 jobs Pfizer had already planned to eliminate by 2011.
Estimated Job Loss: 450
Title: Pfizer to close Wyeth's former research facility in South Brunswick, among others
Source: NJ Star Ledger
Date: 2009-11-10
Type: News Story
Event Notes:

The South Brunswick research building, which represented the heart of Wyeth's efforts on Alzheimer's, will be closed next year, Pfizer said. The closing will affect 450 people, most of whom face the loss of their jobs.

"On the one hand, this is a difficult decision," Mikail Dosten, Pfizer's president of biotherapeutics research and development said during a telephone interview. "But we believe this will position the new Pfizer in a leadership role."

Could you have made a statement that was any more inane or insensitive?-EM
Title: Status of Pfizer and Wyeth research facilities
Source: Associated Press
Date: 2009-11-09
Type: News Story
Event Notes:
Site listed as being closed
Title: Pfizer Announces Global Research Network
Source: Official Pfizer Statement
Date: 2009-11-09
Type: Press Release
Event Notes:
Nov 2009 press release states that this site will no longer conduct R&D.
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Current Owner PfizerPfizer - From Wikipedia: "Pfizer Incorporated (NYSE: PFE) is a pharmaceutical company, ranking number one in sales in the world. The company is based in New York City, with its research headquarters in Groton, Connecticut. It produces Lipitor (atorvastatin, used to lower blood cholesterol); the neuropathic pain/fibromyalgia drug Lyrica (pregabalin); the oral antifungal medication Diflucan (fluconazole), antibiotic Zithromax (azithromycin), Viagra (sildenafil citrate), and the anti inflammatory Celebrex (celecoxib) (also known as Celebra in some countries outside USA and Canada, mainly in South America)."
Former Owner/Affiliation PfizerPfizer - From Wikipedia: "Pfizer Incorporated (NYSE: PFE) is a pharmaceutical company, ranking number one in sales in the world. The company is based in New York City, with its research headquarters in Groton, Connecticut. It produces Lipitor (atorvastatin, used to lower blood cholesterol); the neuropathic pain/fibromyalgia drug Lyrica (pregabalin); the oral antifungal medication Diflucan (fluconazole), antibiotic Zithromax (azithromycin), Viagra (sildenafil citrate), and the anti inflammatory Celebrex (celecoxib) (also known as Celebra in some countries outside USA and Canada, mainly in South America)."
US
New York
Brooklyn
Closed
Was the original Pfizer site opened in 1848. Closed in 2007.
Title: Pfizer Closes Brooklyn Plant, Fails to Update Website
Source: NYMag.com
Date: 2007-01-22
Type: News Story
Event Notes: "Employees at Pfizer's manufacturing plant in South Williamsburg might want to sneak out with some Zoloft tonight: The pharmaceutical giant announced this afternoon that it will lay off 10,000 workers and close several sites, including the Brooklyn facility."
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Current Owner PfizerPfizer - From Wikipedia: "Pfizer Incorporated (NYSE: PFE) is a pharmaceutical company, ranking number one in sales in the world. The company is based in New York City, with its research headquarters in Groton, Connecticut. It produces Lipitor (atorvastatin, used to lower blood cholesterol); the neuropathic pain/fibromyalgia drug Lyrica (pregabalin); the oral antifungal medication Diflucan (fluconazole), antibiotic Zithromax (azithromycin), Viagra (sildenafil citrate), and the anti inflammatory Celebrex (celecoxib) (also known as Celebra in some countries outside USA and Canada, mainly in South America)."
Former Owner/Affiliation WyethWyeth - Formerly, American Home Products, a holding company that was the result of numerous acquisitions, including portions of American Cyanimid, Genetics Institute, etc. Was acquired by Pfizer in 2009.
US
New York
Chazy
ToBeClosed
Title: Pfizer continues next round of layoffs
Source: PressRepublican.com
Date: 2010-04-08
Type: News Story
Event Notes:

PLATTSBURGH — Two more rounds of previously announced layoffs are coming this month at the Pfizer research facility in Chazy. Speaking after the Pfizer Transition Coordinating Council meeting Wednesday, Senior Director of Drug Safety Operations Perry Kurtz said 25 of the 180 or so remaining employees at the Chazy site will be laid off today. An additional 16 will be let go on April 23, followed by about 30 more in May. The remainder are scheduled to be finished in July, although a few will remain to maintain and decommission the facility...

Title: Latest round of Pfizer layoffs displaces 201 workers
Source: PressRepublican.com
Date: 2010-03-01
Type: News Story
Event Notes:

PLATTSBURGH — Pfizer laid off 201 employees Friday, the most recent round of layoffs as the company moves to close three local facilities and reduce staff at a fourth. David Champagne, managing director of the Rouses Point manufacturing facility, confirmed the layoffs today.

The latest layoffs involved 115 union employees at the Rouses Point manufacturing facility and 86 union and management workers at the Chazy research facility. The workers had been informed of the layoffs last year...

...Champagne said that when the process is completed, about 645 employees will have lost their jobs...

Title: Official Warn Notice
Source: New York State Department of Labor
Date: 2009-11-25
Type: Other
Event Notes:
Number Affected: 115-this number reflects Maple St location only. The total number affected for all 4 sites indicated is 414.
Total Employees: 200-at Maple St location
Layoff Date: 2/26/2010 (1st round)
Closing Date: 6/30/2010
Reason for Dislocation: Economic
Classification: Plant Closing
Other Wyeth/Pfizer sites affected:
2009-0144: 141 Idaho Avenue, Plattsburgh, NY (total employees on site 20)
2009-0145: 641 Ridge Road, Chazy, NY (total employees on site 300)
2009-0146: 100 Academy Street, Rouses Point, NY (total on site 100)
Title: Comment to PharmaConduct: Site Closure Prediction Survey Results (Part 4)
Source: PharmaConduct Blog Comment
Date: 2009-11-25
Type: Anonymous Tip
Event Notes: Original Text: “WARN letter received today. My site (one of 3 sites not mentioned in poll[Chazy, Plattsburgh and Rouses Point, ie. 600 positions) is slated to close by 6/30/10.”
Title: Local, state officials not to blame for Pfizer closures
Source: TradingMarkets.com
Date: 2009-11-22
Type: News Story
Event Notes: Pfizer is closing its research sites in Chazy, Rouses Point and Plattsburgh, leaving about 340 people jobless
Title: Pfizer Slashes R&D
Source: C&E News
Date: 2009-11-13
Type: News Story
Event Notes: The R&D cuts amount to 35% of its “R&D square footage,” according to Pfizer. The company has not indicated how many scientists fit into a square foot, but Pfizer and other estimates suggest that, when combined, roughly 1,300 researchers work at the locations earmarked for shuttering. Moreover, layoffs are sure to come at the sites being consolidated. ...As of last year, Pfizer and Wyeth employed roughly 14,000 R&D scientists combined, according to the spokeswoman. When Pfizer agreed to pay $68 billion for Wyeth earlier this year, it said it would shed 15% of the combined workforce of roughly 128,000 people to achieve $4 billion in cost savings by 2012. Those roughly 19,000 cuts included the 8,000 jobs Pfizer had already planned to eliminate by 2011.
Estimated Job Loss: 305
Title: Status of Pfizer and Wyeth research facilities
Source: Associated Press
Date: 2009-11-09
Type: News Story
Event Notes:
Site listed as being closed
Title: Pfizer Announces Global Research Network
Source: Official Pfizer Statement
Date: 2009-11-09
Type: Press Release
Event Notes:
States that this facility will no longer conduct R&D.
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Current Owner PfizerPfizer - From Wikipedia: "Pfizer Incorporated (NYSE: PFE) is a pharmaceutical company, ranking number one in sales in the world. The company is based in New York City, with its research headquarters in Groton, Connecticut. It produces Lipitor (atorvastatin, used to lower blood cholesterol); the neuropathic pain/fibromyalgia drug Lyrica (pregabalin); the oral antifungal medication Diflucan (fluconazole), antibiotic Zithromax (azithromycin), Viagra (sildenafil citrate), and the anti inflammatory Celebrex (celecoxib) (also known as Celebra in some countries outside USA and Canada, mainly in South America)."
Former Owner/Affiliation PfizerPfizer - From Wikipedia: "Pfizer Incorporated (NYSE: PFE) is a pharmaceutical company, ranking number one in sales in the world. The company is based in New York City, with its research headquarters in Groton, Connecticut. It produces Lipitor (atorvastatin, used to lower blood cholesterol); the neuropathic pain/fibromyalgia drug Lyrica (pregabalin); the oral antifungal medication Diflucan (fluconazole), antibiotic Zithromax (azithromycin), Viagra (sildenafil citrate), and the anti inflammatory Celebrex (celecoxib) (also known as Celebra in some countries outside USA and Canada, mainly in South America)."
US
New York
New York
Open
Pfizer's corporate HQ.
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Current Owner PfizerPfizer - From Wikipedia: "Pfizer Incorporated (NYSE: PFE) is a pharmaceutical company, ranking number one in sales in the world. The company is based in New York City, with its research headquarters in Groton, Connecticut. It produces Lipitor (atorvastatin, used to lower blood cholesterol); the neuropathic pain/fibromyalgia drug Lyrica (pregabalin); the oral antifungal medication Diflucan (fluconazole), antibiotic Zithromax (azithromycin), Viagra (sildenafil citrate), and the anti inflammatory Celebrex (celecoxib) (also known as Celebra in some countries outside USA and Canada, mainly in South America)."
Former Owner/Affiliation WyethWyeth - Formerly, American Home Products, a holding company that was the result of numerous acquisitions, including portions of American Cyanimid, Genetics Institute, etc. Was acquired by Pfizer in 2009.
US
New York
Pearl River
ReductionsPlanned
“The Pearl River site...dates to 1906, when Ernst Lederle founded the Lederle Antitoxin Laboratories...” - From LoHud.com
Title: 200 workers face layoffs by March
Source: LoHud.com
Date: 2009-12-04
Type: News Story
Event Notes:
  1. Pfizer has filed notice with the state Department of Labor that it intends to lay off at least 200 people from its Rockland division by March.
  2. In a letter to Orangetown Supervisor Thom Kleiner this week, the company said it expects the “number of employees who will be separated from employment will reach the threshold of a mass layoff under the N.Y. WARN act.” The state defines mass layoff as one involving 250 or more employees.
  3. A company official told Kleiner that it was informing employees this week that their jobs would be eliminated by March.
  4. Employees have told The Journal News that they have been warned not to discuss layoffs with the media.
  5. The company would not be more specific, but Rockland lawmakers briefed by company officials said last month that they were told to expect 600 layoffs at the North Middletown Road facility — with 400 jobs in research and development and 200 jobs in manufacturing at risk.
Title: Pfizer will lay off 200 at Pearl River plant
Source: Times Herald Record (online)
Date: 2009-12-04
Type: News Story
Event Notes:

Workers told the Times Herald-Record weeks ago that Pfizer had already laid off employees at Pearl River. In meetings with employees, managers told workers that at least another 600 would be laid off in waves during the next 12 months. When asked, though, those managers told employees that WARN “didn't apply to them.”

The WARN notice was filed after the Times Herald-Record reported that Pfizer appeared to be in violation of state law.

Pfizer Pearl River is a major private employer. Of its 2,931 employees, as many as 800 commute from Orange County.

Title: Official Warn Notice
Source: New York State Department of Labor
Date: 2009-12-01
Type: Other
Event Notes:
Number Affected: 200
Reason Stated for Filing: Plant Layoff
Layoff Date: 3/12/2010
Closing Date: -----
Business Type: Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
Total Employees: 2931
Reason for Dislocation: Company Restructuring
Title: Pharma Conduct Blog Comment
Source: PharmaConduct Blog
Date: 2009-11-30
Type: Anonymous Tip
Event Notes: Pfizer gave 90 day advanced warning of impending layoffs at the Pearl River site today as required by law. Don't know how many people are affected. Vaccines research and production and research into emerging biological technologies (CIBB) will continue to be based here.
Title: Pfizer manager says 600 jobs to be lost in 2010
Source: Times Herald Record
Date: 2009-11-14
Type: News Story
Event Notes: A senior manager at Pfizer Pearl River said the company has told 600 people they will be laid off in 2010, significantly more than previously reported.
Title: Status of Pfizer and Wyeth research facilities
Source: Associated Press
Date: 2009-11-09
Type: News Story
Event Notes:
“vaccines, biotech drugs, and traditional medicines”
Title: Pfizer Announces Global Research Network
Source: Official Pfizer Statement
Date: 2009-11-09
Type: Press Release
Event Notes:
According to Nov 9, 2009 press release, this site will be retained as 1 of 5 research hubs. However, the release also stated that a significant number of positions will be moved.
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Current Owner PfizerPfizer - From Wikipedia: "Pfizer Incorporated (NYSE: PFE) is a pharmaceutical company, ranking number one in sales in the world. The company is based in New York City, with its research headquarters in Groton, Connecticut. It produces Lipitor (atorvastatin, used to lower blood cholesterol); the neuropathic pain/fibromyalgia drug Lyrica (pregabalin); the oral antifungal medication Diflucan (fluconazole), antibiotic Zithromax (azithromycin), Viagra (sildenafil citrate), and the anti inflammatory Celebrex (celecoxib) (also known as Celebra in some countries outside USA and Canada, mainly in South America)."
Former Owner/Affiliation WyethWyeth - Formerly, American Home Products, a holding company that was the result of numerous acquisitions, including portions of American Cyanimid, Genetics Institute, etc. Was acquired by Pfizer in 2009.
US
New York
Plattsburgh
ToBeClosed
Title: Latest round of Pfizer layoffs displaces 201 workers
Source: PressRepublican.com
Date: 2010-03-01
Type: News Story
Event Notes:

PLATTSBURGH — Pfizer laid off 201 employees Friday, the most recent round of layoffs as the company moves to close three local facilities and reduce staff at a fourth. David Champagne, managing director of the Rouses Point manufacturing facility, confirmed the layoffs today.

The latest layoffs involved 115 union employees at the Rouses Point manufacturing facility and 86 union and management workers at the Chazy research facility. The workers had been informed of the layoffs last year...

...Champagne said that when the process is completed, about 645 employees will have lost their jobs...

Title: Official Warn Notice
Source: New York State Department of Labor
Date: 2009-11-25
Type: Other
Event Notes:
Number Affected: 115-this number reflects Maple St location only. The total number affected for all 4 sites indicated is 414.
Total Employees: 200-at Maple St location
Layoff Date: 2/26/2010 (1st round)
Closing Date: 6/30/2010
Reason for Dislocation: Economic
Classification: Plant Closing
Other Wyeth/Pfizer sites affected:
2009-0144: 141 Idaho Avenue, Plattsburgh, NY (total employees on site 20)
2009-0145: 641 Ridge Road, Chazy, NY (total employees on site 300)
2009-0146: 100 Academy Street, Rouses Point, NY (total on site 100)
Title: Comment to PharmaConduct: Site Closure Prediction Survey Results (Part 4)
Source: PharmaConduct Blog Comment
Date: 2009-11-25
Type: Anonymous Tip
Event Notes: Original Text: “WARN letter received today. My site (one of 3 sites not mentioned in poll[Chazy, Plattsburgh and Rouses Point, ie. 600 positions) is slated to close by 6/30/10.”
Title: Local, state officials not to blame for Pfizer closures
Source: TradingMarkets.com
Date: 2009-11-22
Type: News Story
Event Notes: Pfizer is closing its research sites in Chazy, Rouses Point and Plattsburgh, leaving about 340 people jobless
Title: Pfizer Slashes R&D
Source: C&E News
Date: 2009-11-13
Type: News Story
Event Notes: The R&D cuts amount to 35% of its “R&D square footage,” according to Pfizer. The company has not indicated how many scientists fit into a square foot, but Pfizer and other estimates suggest that, when combined, roughly 1,300 researchers work at the locations earmarked for shuttering. Moreover, layoffs are sure to come at the sites being consolidated. ...As of last year, Pfizer and Wyeth employed roughly 14,000 R&D scientists combined, according to the spokeswoman. When Pfizer agreed to pay $68 billion for Wyeth earlier this year, it said it would shed 15% of the combined workforce of roughly 128,000 people to achieve $4 billion in cost savings by 2012. Those roughly 19,000 cuts included the 8,000 jobs Pfizer had already planned to eliminate by 2011.
Estimated Job Loss: 77
Title: Status of Pfizer and Wyeth research facilities
Source: Associated Press
Date: 2009-11-09
Type: News Story
Event Notes:
Site listed as being closed
Title: Pfizer Announces Global Research Network
Source: Official Pfizer Statement
Date: 2009-11-09
Type: Press Release
Event Notes:
States that this facility will no longer conduct R&D.
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Current Owner PfizerPfizer - From Wikipedia: "Pfizer Incorporated (NYSE: PFE) is a pharmaceutical company, ranking number one in sales in the world. The company is based in New York City, with its research headquarters in Groton, Connecticut. It produces Lipitor (atorvastatin, used to lower blood cholesterol); the neuropathic pain/fibromyalgia drug Lyrica (pregabalin); the oral antifungal medication Diflucan (fluconazole), antibiotic Zithromax (azithromycin), Viagra (sildenafil citrate), and the anti inflammatory Celebrex (celecoxib) (also known as Celebra in some countries outside USA and Canada, mainly in South America)."
Former Owner/Affiliation WyethWyeth - Formerly, American Home Products, a holding company that was the result of numerous acquisitions, including portions of American Cyanimid, Genetics Institute, etc. Was acquired by Pfizer in 2009.
US
New York
Rouses Point
ToBeClosed
Title: Latest round of Pfizer layoffs displaces 201 workers
Source: PressRepublican.com
Date: 2010-03-01
Type: News Story
Event Notes:

PLATTSBURGH — Pfizer laid off 201 employees Friday, the most recent round of layoffs as the company moves to close three local facilities and reduce staff at a fourth. David Champagne, managing director of the Rouses Point manufacturing facility, confirmed the layoffs today.

The latest layoffs involved 115 union employees at the Rouses Point manufacturing facility and 86 union and management workers at the Chazy research facility. The workers had been informed of the layoffs last year...

...Champagne said that when the process is completed, about 645 employees will have lost their jobs...

Title: Official Warn Notice
Source: New York State Department of Labor
Date: 2009-11-25
Type: Other
Event Notes:
Number Affected: 115-this number reflects Maple St location only. The total number affected for all 4 sites indicated is 414.
Total Employees: 200-at Maple St location
Layoff Date: 2/26/2010 (1st round)
Closing Date: 6/30/2010
Reason for Dislocation: Economic
Classification: Plant Closing
Other Wyeth/Pfizer sites affected:
2009-0144: 141 Idaho Avenue, Plattsburgh, NY (total employees on site 20)
2009-0145: 641 Ridge Road, Chazy, NY (total employees on site 300)
2009-0146: 100 Academy Street, Rouses Point, NY (total on site 100)
Title: Comment to PharmaConduct: Site Closure Prediction Survey Results (Part 4)
Source: PharmaConduct Blog Comment
Date: 2009-11-25
Type: Anonymous Tip
Event Notes: Original Text: “WARN letter received today. My site (one of 3 sites not mentioned in poll[Chazy, Plattsburgh and Rouses Point, ie. 600 positions) is slated to close by 6/30/10.”
Title: Local, state officials not to blame for Pfizer closures
Source: TradingMarkets.com
Date: 2009-11-22
Type: News Story
Event Notes: Pfizer is closing its research sites in Chazy, Rouses Point and Plattsburgh, leaving about 340 people jobless
Title: Pfizer Slashes R&D
Source: C&E News
Date: 2009-11-13
Type: News Story
Event Notes: The R&D cuts amount to 35% of its “R&D square footage,” according to Pfizer. The company has not indicated how many scientists fit into a square foot, but Pfizer and other estimates suggest that, when combined, roughly 1,300 researchers work at the locations earmarked for shuttering. Moreover, layoffs are sure to come at the sites being consolidated. ...As of last year, Pfizer and Wyeth employed roughly 14,000 R&D scientists combined, according to the spokeswoman. When Pfizer agreed to pay $68 billion for Wyeth earlier this year, it said it would shed 15% of the combined workforce of roughly 128,000 people to achieve $4 billion in cost savings by 2012. Those roughly 19,000 cuts included the 8,000 jobs Pfizer had already planned to eliminate by 2011.
Estimated Job Loss: 200
Title: Status of Pfizer and Wyeth research facilities
Source: Associated Press
Date: 2009-11-09
Type: News Story
Event Notes:
Site listed as being closed
Title: Pfizer Announces Global Research Network
Source: Official Pfizer Statement
Date: 2009-11-09
Type: Press Release
Event Notes:
States that this facility will no longer conduct R&D.
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Current Owner PfizerPfizer - From Wikipedia: "Pfizer Incorporated (NYSE: PFE) is a pharmaceutical company, ranking number one in sales in the world. The company is based in New York City, with its research headquarters in Groton, Connecticut. It produces Lipitor (atorvastatin, used to lower blood cholesterol); the neuropathic pain/fibromyalgia drug Lyrica (pregabalin); the oral antifungal medication Diflucan (fluconazole), antibiotic Zithromax (azithromycin), Viagra (sildenafil citrate), and the anti inflammatory Celebrex (celecoxib) (also known as Celebra in some countries outside USA and Canada, mainly in South America)."
Former Owner/Affiliation WyethWyeth - Formerly, American Home Products, a holding company that was the result of numerous acquisitions, including portions of American Cyanimid, Genetics Institute, etc. Was acquired by Pfizer in 2009.
US
North Carolina
RTP
ToBeClosed
Title: Status of Pfizer and Wyeth research facilities
Source: Associated Press
Date: 2009-11-09
Type: News Story
Event Notes:
Site listed as being closed
Title: Pfizer Announces Global Research Network
Source: Official Pfizer Statement
Date: 2009-11-09
Type: Press Release
Event Notes:
States that this facility will no longer conduct R&D.
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Current Owner PfizerPfizer - From Wikipedia: "Pfizer Incorporated (NYSE: PFE) is a pharmaceutical company, ranking number one in sales in the world. The company is based in New York City, with its research headquarters in Groton, Connecticut. It produces Lipitor (atorvastatin, used to lower blood cholesterol); the neuropathic pain/fibromyalgia drug Lyrica (pregabalin); the oral antifungal medication Diflucan (fluconazole), antibiotic Zithromax (azithromycin), Viagra (sildenafil citrate), and the anti inflammatory Celebrex (celecoxib) (also known as Celebra in some countries outside USA and Canada, mainly in South America)."
Former Owner/Affiliation WyethWyeth - Formerly, American Home Products, a holding company that was the result of numerous acquisitions, including portions of American Cyanimid, Genetics Institute, etc. Was acquired by Pfizer in 2009.
US
North Carolina
Sanford
ToBeClosed
Primary activity was manufacturing of Prevnar vaccine.
Title: Pfizer Slashes R&D
Source: C&E News
Date: 2009-11-13
Type: News Story
Event Notes: The R&D cuts amount to 35% of its “R&D square footage,” according to Pfizer. The company has not indicated how many scientists fit into a square foot, but Pfizer and other estimates suggest that, when combined, roughly 1,300 researchers work at the locations earmarked for shuttering. Moreover, layoffs are sure to come at the sites being consolidated. ...As of last year, Pfizer and Wyeth employed roughly 14,000 R&D scientists combined, according to the spokeswoman. When Pfizer agreed to pay $68 billion for Wyeth earlier this year, it said it would shed 15% of the combined workforce of roughly 128,000 people to achieve $4 billion in cost savings by 2012. Those roughly 19,000 cuts included the 8,000 jobs Pfizer had already planned to eliminate by 2011.
Estimated Job Loss: 170
Title: Status of Pfizer and Wyeth research facilities
Source: Associated Press
Date: 2009-11-09
Type: News Story
Event Notes:
Site listed as being closed
Title: Pfizer Announces Global Research Network
Source: Official Pfizer Statement
Date: 2009-11-09
Type: Press Release
Event Notes:
States that this facility will no longer conduct R&D.
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Current Owner PfizerPfizer - From Wikipedia: "Pfizer Incorporated (NYSE: PFE) is a pharmaceutical company, ranking number one in sales in the world. The company is based in New York City, with its research headquarters in Groton, Connecticut. It produces Lipitor (atorvastatin, used to lower blood cholesterol); the neuropathic pain/fibromyalgia drug Lyrica (pregabalin); the oral antifungal medication Diflucan (fluconazole), antibiotic Zithromax (azithromycin), Viagra (sildenafil citrate), and the anti inflammatory Celebrex (celecoxib) (also known as Celebra in some countries outside USA and Canada, mainly in South America)."
Former Owner/Affiliation WyethWyeth - Formerly, American Home Products, a holding company that was the result of numerous acquisitions, including portions of American Cyanimid, Genetics Institute, etc. Was acquired by Pfizer in 2009.
US
Pennsylvania
Collegeville
ReductionsPlanned
Was Wyeth's primary research site.
Title: Pfizer to lay off 680 at area locations
Source: The Mercury (Pottstown, PA and the Tri-County Area)
Date: 2010-01-12
Type: News Story
Event Notes:
  • Pfizer Inc. announced on Monday that it will be sending layoff notices to 680 workers at two of the former Wyeth facilities.
  • Last year, Pfizer said it would be shutting down its Great Valley site in Chester County, where another 230 jobs will be eliminated, by the middle of this year. Pfizer started this year with about 4,500 employees at the two suburban Philadelphia locations. When Pfizer acquired Wyeth it said it intended to cut the combined total work force of the two companies by 15 percent, or about 19,500 jobs worldwide.
  • State Sen. Andy Dinniman (D-19th Dist.), who along with Sen. John C. Rafferty Jr. (R-44th Dist.), state Rep. Mike Vereb (R-150th Dist.) and state Rep. Thomas J. Quigley (R-146th Dist.), said they as well as representatives from the state Department of Community and Economic Development and Gov. Edward Rendell's office, got together in Harrisburg to put their heads together about keeping Pfizer, and jobs, in the state.
  • Dinniman said that he is disappointed at the local layoff number. "The disappointment ... with the meeting over the past year with the company, is that we assumed that there would be less layoffs to occur," he said. "We don't know if this is the end as far as their reduction goes. There will be some jobs coming into the area as a result of Pfizer being the leader in speciality medicines. "But we are disappointed that the number of employees is as large who were given notices... on Friday. It is larger than we assumed. It is important that everyone realizes that while we talk about numbers, each layoff is a tragedy and a loss," Dinniman said. Now that the layoffs have occurred, Dinniman said it is important for both the company and the state to provide assistance to the former employees. "It is incumbent upon both the company and the state to do what is right to assist these people with unemployment and compensation needs to take care for these people," he said. "I've put in several calls to the state to take the appropriate resources for these people. I hope the state and the company will provide these people with information as to what services are available to them.
Title: Pfizer Slashes R&D
Source: C&E News
Date: 2009-11-13
Type: News Story
Event Notes: The R&D cuts amount to 35% of its “R&D square footage,” according to Pfizer. The company has not indicated how many scientists fit into a square foot, but Pfizer and other estimates suggest that, when combined, roughly 1,300 researchers work at the locations earmarked for shuttering. Moreover, layoffs are sure to come at the sites being consolidated. ...As of last year, Pfizer and Wyeth employed roughly 14,000 R&D scientists combined, according to the spokeswoman. When Pfizer agreed to pay $68 billion for Wyeth earlier this year, it said it would shed 15% of the combined workforce of roughly 128,000 people to achieve $4 billion in cost savings by 2012. Those roughly 19,000 cuts included the 8,000 jobs Pfizer had already planned to eliminate by 2011.
...hundreds of jobs in Collegeville could be at risk as Pfizer plans to shift the majority of its R&D there to other sites.
Title: Status of Pfizer and Wyeth research facilities
Source: Associated Press
Date: 2009-11-09
Type: News Story
Event Notes:
“some vaccine research continuing, but most other research moving out”
Title: Pfizer Announces Global Research Network
Source: Official Pfizer Statement
Date: 2009-11-09
Type: Press Release
Event Notes:
Nov 9, 2009 press release states that this site will no longer house R&D. A previous release indicated that it would be the headquarters for Pfizer's "specialty products," whatever that means.
Title: Post-merger, Wyeth's Great Valley site to close
Source: Philadelphia Inquirer
Date: 2009-10-16
Type: News Story
Event Notes:
Wyeth's operations in Great Valley will close next year, but its Collegeville facility will remain open as the result of the pharmaceutical giant's merger yesterday with New York-based Pfizer Inc.
The big question remains: How many of an expected 20,000 job cuts at the new, combined company will occur in this region?
The decision to keep most of the Collegeville facility, which has been Wyeth's longtime pharmaceutical headquarters, does not mean that all 3,600 employees there will keep their jobs. Nor does it mean that all 900 Great Valley employees will lose theirs.
Title: Wyeth's Collegeville campus has an uncertain future
Source: Philadelphia Business Journal
Date: 2009-05-01
Type: News Story
Event Notes:
  • Wyeth's campus totals more than 1.8 million square feet of office and research and development space in six buildings
  • On-site are a separate training center as well as a large auditorium, three cafeterias, fitness center, and library.  Other amenities include a 1.5-mile walking trail, a volleyball court, softball fields, tennis courts, and a two-acre pond.  Nearby is an independent day-care center.
  • There's also lots of land to expand upon.  The property currently has office and research-and-development space in three five-story office buildings interconnected by an atrium and executive office building.  In addition, there are two four-story pharmaceutical research wings and a large open office space.
  • When Rorer decided to move to New Jersey, the availability of its campus set in motion two of the biggest real estate transactions in the region.  Wyeth bought the Collegeville campus in May 2000 for an undisclosed price and launched $220 million in construction projects at the property.
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Current Owner PfizerPfizer - From Wikipedia: "Pfizer Incorporated (NYSE: PFE) is a pharmaceutical company, ranking number one in sales in the world. The company is based in New York City, with its research headquarters in Groton, Connecticut. It produces Lipitor (atorvastatin, used to lower blood cholesterol); the neuropathic pain/fibromyalgia drug Lyrica (pregabalin); the oral antifungal medication Diflucan (fluconazole), antibiotic Zithromax (azithromycin), Viagra (sildenafil citrate), and the anti inflammatory Celebrex (celecoxib) (also known as Celebra in some countries outside USA and Canada, mainly in South America)."
Former Owner/Affiliation WyethWyeth - Formerly, American Home Products, a holding company that was the result of numerous acquisitions, including portions of American Cyanimid, Genetics Institute, etc. Was acquired by Pfizer in 2009.
US
Pennsylvania
Malvern
ToBeClosed
The Great Valley site, which was Wyeth's primary data center. Site closure announcement made immediately after acquisition.
Title: Pfizer to lay off 680 at area locations
Source: The Mercury (Pottstown, PA and the Tri-County Area)
Date: 2010-01-12
Type: News Story
Event Notes:
  • Pfizer Inc. announced on Monday that it will be sending layoff notices to 680 workers at two of the former Wyeth facilities.
  • Last year, Pfizer said it would be shutting down its Great Valley site in Chester County, where another 230 jobs will be eliminated, by the middle of this year. Pfizer started this year with about 4,500 employees at the two suburban Philadelphia locations. When Pfizer acquired Wyeth it said it intended to cut the combined total work force of the two companies by 15 percent, or about 19,500 jobs worldwide.
  • State Sen. Andy Dinniman (D-19th Dist.), who along with Sen. John C. Rafferty Jr. (R-44th Dist.), state Rep. Mike Vereb (R-150th Dist.) and state Rep. Thomas J. Quigley (R-146th Dist.), said they as well as representatives from the state Department of Community and Economic Development and Gov. Edward Rendell's office, got together in Harrisburg to put their heads together about keeping Pfizer, and jobs, in the state.
  • Dinniman said that he is disappointed at the local layoff number. "The disappointment ... with the meeting over the past year with the company, is that we assumed that there would be less layoffs to occur," he said. "We don't know if this is the end as far as their reduction goes. There will be some jobs coming into the area as a result of Pfizer being the leader in speciality medicines. "But we are disappointed that the number of employees is as large who were given notices... on Friday. It is larger than we assumed. It is important that everyone realizes that while we talk about numbers, each layoff is a tragedy and a loss," Dinniman said. Now that the layoffs have occurred, Dinniman said it is important for both the company and the state to provide assistance to the former employees. "It is incumbent upon both the company and the state to do what is right to assist these people with unemployment and compensation needs to take care for these people," he said. "I've put in several calls to the state to take the appropriate resources for these people. I hope the state and the company will provide these people with information as to what services are available to them.
Title: Post-merger, Wyeth's Great Valley site to close
Source: Philadelphia Inquirer
Date: 2009-10-16
Type: News Story
Event Notes:
Wyeth's operations in Great Valley will close next year, but its Collegeville facility will remain open as the result of the pharmaceutical giant's merger yesterday with New York-based Pfizer Inc.
The big question remains: How many of an expected 20,000 job cuts at the new, combined company will occur in this region?
The decision to keep most of the Collegeville facility, which has been Wyeth's longtime pharmaceutical headquarters, does not mean that all 3,600 employees there will keep their jobs. Nor does it mean that all 900 Great Valley employees will lose theirs.
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Current Owner PfizerPfizer - From Wikipedia: "Pfizer Incorporated (NYSE: PFE) is a pharmaceutical company, ranking number one in sales in the world. The company is based in New York City, with its research headquarters in Groton, Connecticut. It produces Lipitor (atorvastatin, used to lower blood cholesterol); the neuropathic pain/fibromyalgia drug Lyrica (pregabalin); the oral antifungal medication Diflucan (fluconazole), antibiotic Zithromax (azithromycin), Viagra (sildenafil citrate), and the anti inflammatory Celebrex (celecoxib) (also known as Celebra in some countries outside USA and Canada, mainly in South America)."
Former Owner/Affiliation PfizerPfizer - From Wikipedia: "Pfizer Incorporated (NYSE: PFE) is a pharmaceutical company, ranking number one in sales in the world. The company is based in New York City, with its research headquarters in Groton, Connecticut. It produces Lipitor (atorvastatin, used to lower blood cholesterol); the neuropathic pain/fibromyalgia drug Lyrica (pregabalin); the oral antifungal medication Diflucan (fluconazole), antibiotic Zithromax (azithromycin), Viagra (sildenafil citrate), and the anti inflammatory Celebrex (celecoxib) (also known as Celebra in some countries outside USA and Canada, mainly in South America)."
US
Puerto Rico
Site 1
Unknown
Previous comments stated that there were 3 manufacturing sites in Puerto Rico.
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Current Owner PfizerPfizer - From Wikipedia: "Pfizer Incorporated (NYSE: PFE) is a pharmaceutical company, ranking number one in sales in the world. The company is based in New York City, with its research headquarters in Groton, Connecticut. It produces Lipitor (atorvastatin, used to lower blood cholesterol); the neuropathic pain/fibromyalgia drug Lyrica (pregabalin); the oral antifungal medication Diflucan (fluconazole), antibiotic Zithromax (azithromycin), Viagra (sildenafil citrate), and the anti inflammatory Celebrex (celecoxib) (also known as Celebra in some countries outside USA and Canada, mainly in South America)."
Former Owner/Affiliation WyethWyeth - Formerly, American Home Products, a holding company that was the result of numerous acquisitions, including portions of American Cyanimid, Genetics Institute, etc. Was acquired by Pfizer in 2009.
US
Puerto Rico
Site 1
Unknown
Previous comments stated that there were 3 manufacturing sites in Puerto Rico.
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Current Owner PfizerPfizer - From Wikipedia: "Pfizer Incorporated (NYSE: PFE) is a pharmaceutical company, ranking number one in sales in the world. The company is based in New York City, with its research headquarters in Groton, Connecticut. It produces Lipitor (atorvastatin, used to lower blood cholesterol); the neuropathic pain/fibromyalgia drug Lyrica (pregabalin); the oral antifungal medication Diflucan (fluconazole), antibiotic Zithromax (azithromycin), Viagra (sildenafil citrate), and the anti inflammatory Celebrex (celecoxib) (also known as Celebra in some countries outside USA and Canada, mainly in South America)."
Former Owner/Affiliation WyethWyeth - Formerly, American Home Products, a holding company that was the result of numerous acquisitions, including portions of American Cyanimid, Genetics Institute, etc. Was acquired by Pfizer in 2009.
US
Virginia
Richmond
Unknown
Former A.H. Robbins site with manufacturing.
Title: Pfizer will form two research units after Wyeth buyout
Source: Richmond Times Dispatch
Date: 2009-04-09
Type: News Story
Event Notes:
Wyeth employs about 1,200 people in the Richmond area. The company's over-the-counter consumer-health products, including Robitussin, Dimetapp and ChapStick, are made at Wyeth's plant in eastern Henrico County.
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