Sandwich is a historic town and also civil parish in the Dover Area of Kent, south-east England. It rests on the River Stour and has a population of 4,985. Sandwich was one of the Cinque Ports and also still has numerous initial medieval buildings, including a number of provided pubs as well as gateways in the old town wall surfaces, churches, almshouses and the White Mill. While when a major port, it is currently 2 miles from the sea because of the loss of the Wantsum Channel. Its historical centre has been maintained. Sandwich Bay is home to nature gets and 2 first-rate fairway, Royal St George's as well as Prince's. The town is also home to several educational and also social occasions. Sandwich likewise gave its name to the food by way of John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, and the word sandwich is currently discovered in numerous languages. The neighborhood economic situation has actually taken advantage of considerable investment by Pfizer UK, the British subsidiary of the international drugs company Pfizer, which has actually developed a r & d centre near Sandwich, employing over 3,000 individuals. Research laboratory experiments at the site have actually aroused unfavorable remark by pet rights activists. On 18 June 2007 Pfizer revealed it will move the Sandwich Animal Health Research (VMRD) division to Kalamazoo, Michigan. Numerous important medications including Viagra, Pfizer's therapy for impotence and also Maraviroc, a drug used for therapy of HIV, were created below. On 1 February 2011 Pfizer revealed that the entire research and development facility at Sandwich would certainly be closed within 18-- 24 months, with a loss of 2,400 work, though it later announced as much as 650 work would certainly remain. The University of Kent was considering use of the university design site. The UK Government stepped in to establish an 'Enterprise Zone' on the site, which is now run as an organisation park called Discovery Park Enterprise Zone.