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47. Pfizer
Pfizer
Get Quote: PFE
Financials: Latest Results
Rank: 47 (Previous rank: 39)
Compare tool: Pfizer vs. Top 10
CEO: Jeffrey B. Kindler
Address: 235 E. 42nd St.
New York, NY 10017
Phone: 212-573-2323
Website: www.pfizer.com
Slowing R&D has caused Pfizer's pipeline to run dry. It also lost patents on some of its best-selling drugs, including the blood pressure med Norvasc and the antidepressant Zoloft, and now faces competition from new generic versions.

The pharma's anti-smoking drug Chantix, which some users claim induces suicidal thoughts and depression, caused a public relations headache. For the year, revenue fell 7.6%. The sale of its OTC division to Johnson & Johnson in 2006 caused 2007 earnings to drop 58%, despite a boost from high-priced medications in international markets.

Revenues 48,418.0 -7.6
Profits 8,144.0 -57.9
Assets 115,268.0 —
Stockholders' equity 65,010.0 —
Market value (3/28/2008) 138,655.2 —
Revenues 16.8
Assets 7.1
Stockholders' equity 12.5
2007 $ 1.17
% change from 2006 -56.0
1997-2007 annual growth rate % 7.5
2007 -8.1
1997-2007 annual rate 1.2
Industry: Pharmaceuticals
1 Johnson & Johnson 35 61,095.0
2 Pfizer 47 48,418.0
3 Abbott Laboratories 96 25,914.2
4 Merck 101 24,197.7
5 Wyeth 113 22,399.8
6 Bristol-Myers Squibb 125 19,977.0
7 Eli Lilly 133 18,633.5
8 Amgen 173 14,771.0
9 Schering-Plough 212 12,690.0
10 Gilead Sciences 536 4,230.0
11 Allergan 554 3,958.9
12 Genzyme 572 3,813.5
13 Forest Laboratories 605 3,441.8
14 Hospira 608 3,436.2
15 Biogen Idec 648 3,171.6
16 Mylan 736 2,666.0
17 Barr Pharmaceuticals 760 2,557.6
18 Watson Pharmaceuticals 775 2,496.7
19 King Pharmaceuticals 857 2,136.5
20 NBTY 894 2,014.5
21 Cephalon 952 1,772.6
From the May 5, 2008 issue
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