Pfizer Plans $100 Million Partnership with Mass. Medical Researchers

Pfizer Inc. said Wednesday that it would spend up to $100 million over five years to create a series of research partnerships with academic medical centers in Boston and other Massachusetts cities. The network, known as the Center for Theurapeutic Innovation, will team the pharmaceutical company with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Children’s Hospital Boston, Harvard University, Partners HealthCare, Tufts Medical Center, Tufts University, and the University of Massachusetts Medical School, in Worcester.