Pfizer is a research-based pharmaceutical company. Pfizer discovers, develops, manufactures and markets leading prescription medicines and many of the world's best-known consumer brands. Pfizer also collaborates with healthcare providers, governments and local communities to support and expand access to reliable, affordable healthcare around the world. Pfizer Pharmaceuticals Israel Ltd operates as a subsidiary of Pfizer. The company has sales office in Israel, and it also collaborates and partners with startups like CytoReason in 2019, and research institutes like the Technion Rappaport Institute in 2016.