Velesco Pharmaceutical Services looks to double staff in Ann Arbor

Thursday, November 13, 2008 | Source: Concentrate

Velesco Pharmaceutical Services may be starting from the Ann Arbor SPARK wetlab but it has its eyes on higher places.

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In the bowels of Ann Arbor SPARK's wetlab incubator building on Huron Parkway is a company composed of a happy little band of Pfizer refugees who are not only trying to make it, they're beginning to make it big.

Say hello to Velesco Pharmaceutical Services, a firm started by ex-Pfizerites Gerry Cox and David Barnes. The two worked at Pfizer's Ann Arbor campus until the pharma giant decided not to work there anymore.

The move prompted Cox and Barnes to round up a few of their co-workers and begin Velesco earlier this year. Today their company stands six people strong.

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