Founded in 2001, Shanghai-based WuXi PharmaTech is China's leading drug R&D service company. As a research-driven and customer-focused company, WuXi PharmaTech offers global pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical companies a diverse, value-added, and fully integrated portfolio of outsourcing services ranging from discovery chemistry to biological services and GMP manufacturing. WuXi PharmaTech assists its global partners in shortening the cycle and lowering the cost of drug discovery and development by providing cost-effective and efficient outsourcing solutions. Our management team consists of many "returnees" that bring experience from top pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical firms of the US, Japan, and India. With over 1,400 scientific staff members, a 680,000 sq. ft. Shanghai WaiGaoQiao Free Trade Zone research facility, a 250,000 sq. ft. GMP manufacturing plant in Jinshan District, Shanghai, and a newly online 130,000 sq. ft. state-of-the-art Tianjin research facility, WuXi PharmaTech is positioned to offer its collaborative partners unparalleled depth and quality of service. Currently, WuXi PharmaTech's clientele list consists of 19 of the top 20 pharmaceutical, and 8 of the top 10 biopharmaceutical companies.