Creating a medicine involves lots of scientists, working together across multiple sites, not only looking to discover new breakthrough compounds, but also coming up with innovative ways to help patients take medicines in the most effective way possible.

In fact, how we take medicines and their very design are essential parts of the process.

For a medicine taken by mouth, do we take it as a tablet / capsule or as a liquid? How do we know it will reach the right part of the body? How often do we need to take it?

Our site within Discovery Park, in Sandwich, UK, is a co-home (with Groton, CT, USA and Chennai, India) to our Pharmaceutical Sciences Small Molecule team. This team uses its specialist expertise to turn experimental molecules into the liquid and solid dose medicines used in clinical trials.

The team’s expertise includes:

• Materials Science - Defining the physical and structural properties of a molecule i.e. its crystal structure and solid form

• Analytical Research & Development - Developing analytical methods and leveraging innovative digital approaches to enable faster medicine development

• Chemical Research & Development - Developing robust supply chains for drug linkers, starting materials, good manufacturing practice intermediates, and active pharmaceutical ingredients to support clinical manufacturing

• Drug Product Development - Applies internally developed and partnered technologies to design innovative medicines to meet the needs of patients

• Drug Product Supply - Manages clinical manufacturing of high-quality medicines, at external vendors and Pfizer Global Supply sites, to accelerate delivery of supplies for Pfizer clinical studies

• Data Sciences - Supporting digital evolution towards intelligent process and product development through data science and digital technologies

• Small Molecule Portfolio - End-to-end portfolio management and analytics, ensuring portfolio milestones are achieved and efficiencies are gained in delivering the portfolio

• Strategic Business Solutions - Enabling breakthrough science through effective and agile business solutions and capital management

Our site in Sandwich works as an integral part of the global Pfizer R&D network. The team help in every step of the complex process of producing new medicines for use in our clinicial trials worldwide.