University of Michigan Cellular and Molecular Biology graduate student

Ann Arbor community rallies in wake of Pfizer shutdown

3 Aug 2007

The closing of Pfizer’s Ann Arbor, Michigan, research facility, announced in January, has affected over 2,100 of the pharma firm’s employees. Many have turned adversity into opportunity, however, finding jobs at smaller firms in the area or creating new companies from scratch—with nearly 30 startups launched to date.