Kalamazoo, Michigan Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Life sciences === The [[Upjohn|Upjohn Company]] was a pharmaceutical research and manufacturing firm founded in 1886 in Kalamazoo; through a series of mergers and acquisitions that took place between 1995 and 2003, the Upjohn Company assets became a part of the [[Pfizer]] Corporation.<ref name="Pfizer">{{cite news |author = <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date = April 16, 2003 |title = It's official: Pfizer buys Pharmacia: Nine months after announcement, maker of Lipitor, Viagra snags Rogaine, Celebrex, Xanax, Nicorette |url = https://money.cnn.com/2003/04/16/news/companies/pfizer_pharma/ |work = [[CNNMoney]] |access-date = May 19, 2018 }}</ref><ref name="Pharmacia">{{cite news |last = Cope |first = Nigel |date = August 20, 1995 |title = Pharmacia and Upjohn merge: Latest move in global shake-up creates pounds 4.5bn drugs group |url = https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/pharmacia-and-upjohn-merge-1597299.html |work = [[The Independent]] |access-date = May 19, 2018 }}</ref> Most of Upjohn's original facilities remain, many have been renovated and some new buildings have been constructed. The bulk of the former Upjohn Company facilities in the area exist in [[Portage, Michigan|Portage]], under Pfizer or Zoetis operation; others, located in downtown Kalamazoo, have been re-purposed as the campus of the [[Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine]],<ref>{{cite news |last = Monacelli |first = Emily |date = February 23, 2017 |title = 15 ways the Upjohn family's impact lives on in Kalamazoo |url = http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2017/02/upjohn_familys_influence_on_ka.html |work = MLive.com |publisher = Booth Newspapers |access-date = May 19, 2018 }}</ref> the research and development headquarters of [[Zoetis]], and office space for [[Bronson Methodist Hospital]].<ref>{{cite news |last = Jones |first = Al |date = July 2, 2008 |title = Bronson Healthcare Group completes $6.6 million renovation of former Upjohn Co. building, staff will move in Monday |url = http://blog.mlive.com/kzgazette/2008/07/bronson_healthcare_group_compl.html |work = Kalamazoo Gazette |access-date = May 19, 2018 }}</ref> [[Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine]] (WMed) is a collaboration involving [[Western Michigan University]] and Kalamazoo's two teaching hospitals, [https://healthcare.ascension.org/locations/michigan/mikal/kalamazoo-ascension-borgess-hospital Ascension Borgess] and [[Bronson Methodist Hospital|Bronson Methodist]]. The new medical school has been in planning since 2008, and was granted Preliminary Accreditation from the [[Liaison Committee on Medical Education]] in October 2012. Welcoming its first class in August 2014, the school is a private 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation supported by private gifts, clinical revenue, research activity, student tuition, and endowment income. In March 2011, [[Western Michigan University]] received a gift of $100 million for the medical school from anonymous donors. The global [[Research and Development]] organization of [[Zoetis]], the world's largest producer of [[medicine]] and [[vaccinations]] for [[pets]] and [[livestock]], is headquartered in downtown Kalamazoo.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.zoetis.com/node/91 |title = Zoetis Research & Development |author = <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website = Zoetis.com |access-date = November 29, 2014 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141205171644/http://www.zoetis.com/node/91 |archive-date = December 5, 2014 }}</ref> The city is also home to the [[Stryker Corporation]], a surgical and medical devices manufacturer. Kalamazoo hospitals include: [[Kalamazoo Regional Psychiatric Hospital]], [[Bronson Methodist Hospital]], and [[Ascension Borgess Hospital]]. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page