Medications

Pfizer adds $784.6 M charge for Protonix deal to 4Q results

Drugmaker Pfizer Inc. swung to a fourth-quarter financial loss, instead of a modest profit, as a result of a just-announced charge to settle a long-running federal case over reimbursements for its former blockbuster heartburn ...

Medications

Pfizer, Allergan CEOs: Tie-up aims for growth, not cost cuts

The heads of drugmakers Pfizer and Allergan said Tuesday that the record $160 billion combination they're planning is meant to produce more medicines and boost revenue, not to just slash jobs and other costs as the companies ...

Medications

$160B deal to combine Pfizer and Allergan raises outcry

A $160 billion deal announced Monday to merge Pfizer and Allergan and create the world's biggest drug company renewed the outcry in Washington over "inversions," in which U.S. corporations combine with companies overseas ...

Medications

Pfizer, Allergan to merge in $160 bn tax-saving deal (Update 3)

US-based Pfizer announced Monday a $160 billion merger with Ireland-based Allergan to create the world's biggest pharmaceutical group and shift to a lower-tax jurisdiction despite government policies discouraging such deals.

Medications

Pfizer doubling patient income limit for free drug program

As the furor over soaring U.S. prescription drug prices escalates and outrageous price hikes by several smaller drugmakers give the entire industry a black eye, the biggest U.S.-based drugmaker is expanding financial assistance ...

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Pfizer beats 3Q expectations, raises 2015 earnings forecast

Pfizer Inc., finally turning the corner after years of generic competition that slashed revenue from the drugmaker's former blockbusters, easily beat Wall Street expectations for the third quarter and raised its 2015 earnings ...

Medications

Pfizer says Hospira purchase will close in early September

Drugmaker Pfizer says it's received the final regulatory approvals for its $15.23 billion purchase of the injectable drug and infusion device maker Hospira, and says the deal will close in early September.

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