Former Pfizer workers find new home at U-M
The fallout from Pfizer closing its Ann Arbor campus isn’t falling very far. A bakers dozen of the company’s top scientists have taken research jobs at the University of Michigan while many more have landed at local companies, formed their own start-ups or are finding their way into U-M as students, staff and faculty.
Pfizer may be bailing on
“A major change like this one forces all of us to take risks and try new ideas,” says Mary Sue Coleman, president of the
Among the scientists now working for the
Other sectors of the university that are giving coveted homes to Pfizer refugees are the
“This is an excellent case where the University saw a need to quickly build up its strength in the area of drug discovery and at the same time take advantage of a significant emphasis in this area by a departing company,” says Steve Forrest, vice president for research at U-M. “It has been a clear win-win situation for both U-M and the researchers who have every reason to remain in our area.”
Pfizer plans to close the complex on the city’s northeast side later this year. The announcement, made a little more than year ago, sent a chill down southeast
Ann Arbor SPARK estimates that more than 400 former Pfizer employees have been hired by more than 80
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Writer: Jon Zemke
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