GIBH Meets with Pfizer Global Research and Development
On the morning of April 12, Dr. Steve Q.Yang, Head of Research, Asia, and Dr. Alex Fowkes, Executive Director, Head of Strategic Alliances, Asia, Pfizer Global Research & Development (PGRD) visited Guangzhou Institute of Biomedicine and Health,
After the guests were shown around the facility of the institute, a meeting was held between two parties. In the meeting, brief presentations were given in regard of GIBH and Pfizer respectively by Dr. Chen and Dr. Fowkes. And a lively discussion was held concerning possible collaborations between GIBH and PGRD in the near future.
After the meeting, accompanied by Director Chen, the guests also paid an on-site visit to the Non-human Primate Center of GIBH. Located at a monkey farm, the Center contains more than 5,000 Cynomolgus and Rhesus monkeys, with a standard lab (~
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