Pfizer Moves CNS And Cardio-Metabolic Research To Cambridge, Mass., Promotes Cross-Talk With Local Scientists

Pfizer has relocated its neuroscience and cardiovascular medicine research groups from Groton, Conn., to Cambridge, Mass. Currently in temporary labs, the research will move into permanent space in 2013. The goal is to foster cross-talk and collaboration with local scientists and with Pfizer’s CTI program in nearby Boston.

Pfizer Inc. is in the midst of moving its cardiovascular and neuroscience research units from Groton, Conn., to Cambridge, Mass., with a goal of completing the relocation fully next year. It’s a process that began in February 2011, when the pharma first announced plans to move the two divisions; in September 2011, it signed a lease with Massachusetts Institute of Technology, giving it 180,000 square feet of newly constructed lab and office space in Cambridge’s Kendall Square.

The new building, at 610 Main Street, is scheduled for completion in the fourth quarter of 2013. In the meantime,...

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