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news.Peakdale Molecular (Peakdale) has entered into an on-site research agreement with Pfizer. Peakdale, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Peakdale Chemistry Services, will supply custom synthetic chemistry services to Pfizer on-site at the company's laboratories in Sandwich, UK. This will involve building a team of more than 50 synthetic chemists at the Pfizer Research site in Kent, supplementing the main Peakdale facility in Derbyshire employing 90 synthetic chemists.
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This facility is likely to provide on-site chemistry resources for Pfizer along with a resource for other developing companies in the vicinity.
Tony Wood, vice president of world-wide medicinal chemistry at Pfizer, said: “Synthetic organic chemistry sits at the centre of drug discovery. This collaboration will allow Pfizer to continue to develop a strong community of experienced synthetic chemists within its facilities and enhance the overall culture of synthetic chemistry at the Sandwich site.”
David Roblin, head of research at Sandwich and site director of Pfizer Sandwich Laboratories, said: “The positioning of Peakdale chemists close to the core of our research operations gives a unique opportunity in this outsourced space. In addition, this move begins to enhance the utilisation of the real estate assets we have at Sandwich. I hope this is just the first example we will see in this vein.”
Ray Fisher, founder and CEO of Peakdale, said: “This is a great opportunity for Peakdale to contribute to Pfizer’s success as the Pharmaceutical Industry seeks to become more efficient and responsive to the rapidly changing environment of drug discovery. We are extremely pleased that Pfizer has chosen us to promote this new initiative and see this model as one way to bring the entrepreneurial spirit of smaller companies to synergise with the expertise and know-how of an established world leader.”