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15 Facts About Pfizer UK

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Pfizer UK is the principal subsidiary of the multinational pharmaceutical company Pfizer in the United Kingdom.

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Pfizer UK has its business headquarters in Tadworth, Surrey, major offices in Maidenhead, Berkshire, research and development facilities in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire and Sandwich, Kent, and a manufacturing and distribution site in Havant, Hampshire.

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Pfizer UK acquired an 80-acre site on the outskirts of Sandwich in 1954 to enable the expansion of its Kent-based activities.

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In 1955, Pfizer UK established an animal-feed plant at the Sandwich site and entered the UK non-prescription market for the first time.

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An Agricultural Division was opened at the Sandwich site in 1957, and in 1964, Pfizer UK acquired land adjacent to its existing site in Sandwich, known as the 'West Site'.

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Pfizer UK established 'Pfizer Central Research' in 1971 with the mission to discover new pharmaceutical, chemical and agricultural products for Pfizer's worldwide operations.

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Pfizer UK was presented with the Queen's Award for Technological Achievement in 1979, in recognition of the outstanding contribution made to tropical medicine by the medicine Mansil, which had been developed at the Sandwich site.

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In 2002, Pfizer UK relocated its headquarters and sales and marketing functions to new offices at Walton Oaks, near Tadworth, Surrey.

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In June 2003, Pfizer UK began offering employees at the Sandwich site the option of leaving work at noon on Fridays if their work was completed.

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In June 2011, Pfizer UK renamed the Sandwich site 'Discovery Park' and put it on the market for sale.

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Pfizer UK sold the freehold to the Discovery Park site to Discovery Park Ltd, a private consortium, in August 2012.

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Pfizer UK announced in December 2015 that it had decided to close the Neusentis unit with the loss of around 120 jobs.

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In 1991, Pfizer UK was presented with the Queen's Award for Technological Achievement in recognition of its discovery of Diflucan.

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In 1993, Pfizer UK was awarded the Queen's Award for Export Achievement.

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In 1997 and 2000, Pfizer UK was awarded the Queen's Award for International Trade.

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