Pfizer's 13,000 scientists and support staff develop next-generation medicines for cancer, mental illness, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and autoimmune disorders.
Pfizer was founded in 1849 on Bartlett Street in Brooklyn. Two immigrant cousins, chemist Charles Pfizer and confectioner Charles Erhart, combined their skills to produce santonin, an almond-flavored treatment for intestinal worms that became an immediate sensation. Pfizer was launched. From those humble beginnings, Pfizer has brought forth treatments that have transformed conditions such as cancer, heart disease and HIV/AIDS from virtual death sentences to chronic conditions that can be managed – and increasingly overcome.
Down through the decades, our commitment to the city that embraced us has never wavered. Although headquarters moved across the river in 1961 to its present location on East 42nd Street in Manhattan, Pfizer has never forgotten Brooklyn. We continue operating a major manufacturing plant there, and have invested millions of dollars in the surrounding neighborhood ...
