VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(CCNMatthews - Nov. 28, 2006) - A major national research project, co-led by Drs. Bruce Carleton and Michael Hayden, to improve drug safety for children, today received a major contribution of $500,000 from Pfizer Canada Inc. The project, named Genotype-Specific Approaches to Therapy in Childhood (GATC), receives major funding from a Genome Canada/Genome BC-sponsored research program and is led from two research centres within the Child & Family Research Institute (CFRI) at BC Children’s Hospital.