Canada's CDRD attracts Pfizer funding

11 February 2008

Global drug giant Pfizer's Canadian subsidiary has committed $1.0 million to the Centre for Drug Research and Development (CDRD) to create the Pfizer-CDRD Innovation Fund. This innovation fund aims to fast-track the commercialization of some of British Columbia's most promising academic research projects into high-value medicines that form the basis for new companies or licensing opportunities.

The Pfizer-CDRD Innovation Fund is a unique public-private partnership, and Pfizer Canada is the first international research-based pharmaceutical company to establish an innovation fund at the CDRD to advance commercialization opportunities, the firm claims.

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