关键词： Pfizer 格罗顿市 研发中心
2013年4月10日讯 /生物谷BIOON/ --Pfizer公司原计划取消并拆除位于康涅狄格州格罗顿市的一个研发中心。但最新消息表明，Pfizer公司可能必须获得有关政府部门的批准后才能进行这一计划。格罗顿市官员投票通过要求Pfizer公司经过90天的"冷静期"后才能对位于该市的一栋面积为750000平方尺的建筑进行拆除。
格罗顿市并不希望看到一个制药巨头从本市离开，而目前他们正在积极寻找其他愿意买下这处研发大楼并在此设置研发机构的制药公司。（生物谷Bioon.com）
详细英文报道：
It looks as if Pfizer ($PFE) is going to have to submit to some counseling from a group of anxious economic development officials in Connecticut before the pharma giant will be allowed to reduce a sprawling R&D facility to rubble. Faced with Pfizer's evidently unwavering commitment to bring in the wrecking ball to destroy the 750,000-square-foot Building 118 in Groton, town officials have whipped up a new ordinance that calls for a 90-day cooling-off period for company officials.
The city council has voted to require a 90-day delay for anyone seeking a demolition permit, according to The Day, which has been covering the controversy closely. This new ordinance requires "all interested parties to consider alternatives to demolition and to examine the impact of demolition on the environment." And it sets up a process by which Pfizer would be "informed of the benefits of preservation, rehabilitation and reuse."
Preservation, rehab and reuse are exactly what everyone from the council to the governor is desperate to see. Spurred into action by Pfizer's decision to dramatically reduce its presence at Groton, economic development groups have been busy wooing in new drug developers and found one company that was quite interested in buying Building 118 and creating a new R&D hub out of it. But even after the governor reportedly called Pfizer CEO Ian Read personally, the company refused to drop its surprising plan to bulldoze the facility.
This new action by the city council took place after Pfizer also spelled out plans to leave debris in the basement of the site, raising some concerns about the long-term considerations presented by possible contamination that would prohibit any future development.
Now Pfizer can take an extra 90 days to defend its position--or come to terms with a host of local officials still determined to change its mind.
