The Pfizer site in Sandwich, Kent. Drugs giant Pfizer’s decision to close its leading UK research centre is “hugely worrying” for Britain, shadow business secretary John Denham has warned. The US group said it was shutting its renowned research and development (R&D) facility at Sandwich and would make the majority of the site’s 2,400 staff redundant over the next 18 months to two years.

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