(Reuters) - Pfizer Inc said on Tuesday it plans to cut 800 research jobs globally this year in ongoing restructuring.
Highlights:
* Says cuts represent 5-8 percent of global research workforce
* Says cuts largely from labs in groton, conn., St Louis, La Jolla, calif.,
sandwich, England
* Says job cuts will be in addition to about 10,000 company-wide job cuts since
early 2007
* Says slated researcher job eliminations due to new research strategy,
including cutback in number of company therapeutic areas
