WX Crowned 'Chemistry CRO of the Year'... ( SHANGHAI China April 4 2008 /Xinh...)

WX Crowned 'Chemistry CRO of the Year' by Pfizer

Date:4/4/2008

SHANGHAI, China, April 4, 2008 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- WuXi PharmaTech (Cayman) Inc. (NYSE: WX), a leading pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device research and development outsourcing company with operations in China and the United States, today announced it was awarded the 2007 Chemistry CRO of the Year Award by the Pfizer Chemistry Sourcing Center of Emphasis (CoE).

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Dr. Richard Connell, Head of the Chemistry Sourcing CoE, presented the award plaque to Dr. Ge Li, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of WuXi PharmaTech, at a recent Steering Committee meeting held in Groton, Connecticut. WuXi PharmaTech has enjoyed a close and cooperative relationship with Pfizer for many years, with collaborations ranging from synthetic chemistry, parallel medicinal chemistry (PMC), and ADME to bioanalytical services. The award recognizes in particular the outstanding collaboration of the WuXi and Pfizer teams in an effort to shorten the cycle times between requests for and delivery of parallel medicinal chemistry.

Pfizer's Centers of Emphasis state their mission as "Delivering Value Through Partnership." The success of their partnership with WuXi was certainly reflected in this year's presentation of their Top Chemistry CRO Award.

As the largest pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device contract research organization, WuXi collaborates with Pfizer in a number of drug discovery and development areas. Dr. Gonghua Pan of Pfizer, a key member of the collaboration, commented on the impact, "With WuXi's help, we reduced the average time from submitting the request
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