Sandwich is a historical community and civil church in the Dover District of Kent, south-east England. It pushes the River Stour and also has a population of 4,985. Sandwich was among the Cinque Ports and also still has many original medieval structures, consisting of numerous noted hostelries as well as entrances in the old town wall surfaces, churches, almshouses and the White Mill. While once a major port, it is now two miles from the sea as a result of the disappearance of the Wantsum Channel. Its historic centre has actually been preserved. Sandwich Bay is home to nature books and also two first-rate golf links, Royal St George's as well as Prince's. The community is also residence to several educational as well as cultural occasions. Sandwich additionally offered its name to the food by way of John Montagu, fourth Earl of Sandwich, and words sandwich is currently found in several languages. The neighborhood economy has actually benefited from significant investment by Pfizer UK, the British subsidiary of the multinational drugs company Pfizer, which has actually constructed a research and development centre near Sandwich, employing over 3,000 people. Lab experiments at the site have excited unfavorable remark by animal rights lobbyists. On 18 June 2007 Pfizer introduced it will certainly move the Sandwich Animal Health Research (VMRD) department to Kalamazoo, Michigan. A number of crucial medications including Viagra, Pfizer's therapy for impotence and Maraviroc, a substance abuse for treatment of HIV, were developed here. On 1 February 2011 Pfizer revealed that the entire research and development center at Sandwich would certainly be shut within 18-- 24 months, with a loss of 2,400 tasks, though it later announced up to 650 tasks would certainly remain. The University of Kent was taking into consideration use the campus design site. The UK Federal government stepped in to develop an 'Enterprise Zone' on the site, which is currently run as an organisation park called Discovery Park Enterprise Zone.