Our History and Achievements in the UK
Throughout Pfizer's 175 year history, and over 70 years in the UK, we have remained dedicated to discovering and developing new and better ways to prevent and treat disease, and improve the health and wellbeing of people around the world.
Pfizer establishes operations in Folkestone, Kent, to convert base compounds into medicines ready for UK patients.
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A new facility is established in nearby Sandwich. At its heart are ‘deep-tank fermentation’ methods, developed to mass produce penicillin for the troops during World War II. Sir Alexander Fleming, discoverer of penicillin, is guest of honour when the first batch of antibiotic is produced.
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The Pfizer business is structured around five core divisions: Pharmaceutical, Chemicals, Consumer, Agricultural, and Research.
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Pfizer Research unit in Sandwich employs more than 400 people and becomes the largest research operation of any American pharmaceutical company.
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Pfizer continues to grow, launching new medicines across a range of therapy areas – several discovered at our Sandwich site.
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Pfizer and Warner-Lambert merge to create the world’s fastest growing pharmaceutical company.
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Pfizer UK’s commercial operations relocate to new headquarters at Walton Oaks, near Tadworth in Surrey.
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Pfizer UK and Pharmacia merge to become the largest pharmaceutical company in the UK.
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Pfizer forms a research unit in Cambridge dedicated to developing therapies for Regenerative Medicine.
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Pfizer merges with Wyeth
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A new state-of-the-art packaging facility opens at the company’s site in Havant, Hampshire.
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A review of R&D operations worldwide leads to a reduced presence in Sandwich. The aquisition of the site by Discovery Park UK enables it to become the base for a variety of companies from the life sciences, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, science and technology sectors.
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Pfizer merges with Hospira.
A review of Pfizer’s global R&D strategy leads to the closure of Pfizer’s Regenerative Medicine units in Cambridge. However, the Devices Centre of Excellence (DCoE) remains.
Pfizer’s vaccines portfolio grows in the UK with the acquisitions of two vaccines from Baxter, and another from GSK.
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Pfizer achieves Top Employer certification in the UK.
Pfizer acquires a portfolio of anti-infective medicines from AstraZeneca.
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The Pfizer Healthcare Hub: London launches. An initiative to support established health-technology start-ups.
Pfizer achieves Top Employer certification in the UK for the second year running.
Pfizer sponsors the Science Museum exhibition "Superbugs: The Fight for Our Lives"
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Pfizer celebrates 20 years of clinical trial supply at Sandwich and invests in two new pieces of equipment for controlled-release manufacturing technology.
Pfizer achieves Top Employer certification in the UK for the third year running.
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Pfizer achieves Top Employer certification in the UK for the fourth year in a row.
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Pfizer outlines 5-point plan in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, including a collaboration with BioNTech to co-develop a potential vaccination.
Pfizer achieves Top Employer UK certification for the fifth year running.
Pfizer UK Consumer Healthcare becomes part of the new GSK Consumer Healthcare joint venture.
Pfizer launches Vaccine Centre of Excellence at the University of Bristol.
£10 million investment made in our site in Sandwich, Kent, to help improve the speed at which tablets can be produced for Pfizer clinical trials around the world.
Pfizer achieves Top Employer UK certification for the sixth year running.
Pfizer launches 'An Accord for a Healthier World' to help reduce health inequities that exist between many lower-income countries and the rest of the world.
Pfizer announces ambition to achieve Net Zero by 2040.
Pfizer achieves Top Employer UK certification for the seventh year running.
Pfizer acquires Seagen Inc., a global biotechnology company that discovers, and develops transformative cancer medicines. The aquisition doubles Pfizer's cancer pipeline, as part of efforts to 'Outdo Cancer'.
Pfizer achieves Top Employer UK certification for the eighth year running.
Pfizer achieves Top Employer UK certification for the ninth year running.