Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE) addresses some challenging questions often posed
by shareholders and the public in its latest integrated annual
review for 2014. In a series of video Q&As, Pfizer colleagues
respond to questions such as: “Why do people say medicines are so
expensive?” and “Why is it so difficult to find a cure for cancer?”
The 2014 integrated report also highlights a number of partnerships
focused on collaborative research and development, how Pfizer is
tackling the rise in non-communicable diseases, and access to medicines
in low- and middle-income countries. Healthy and active aging also
figures prominently in the annual review, reflecting the rapid shift in
global demographics.
Ian C. Read, Pfizer chairman and chief executive officer, writes in his
annual letter to shareholders included in the annual review that Pfizer
“is on a multi-year journey, and during 2014 we achieved a number of
important milestones despite a slow-growth global economy and the losses
of exclusivity and co-promotion rights to some of our major medicines.
We are concentrating our efforts on seeking to profitably grow our
business and expanding our sources of revenue, strengthening our core
businesses, and bringing forth new therapies that significantly improve
peoples' lives.”
Pfizer Inc.: Working together for a healthier world®
At Pfizer, we apply science and our global resources to bring therapies
to people that extend and significantly improve their lives. We strive
to set the standard for quality, safety and value in the discovery,
development and manufacture of health care products. Our global
portfolio includes medicines and vaccines as well as many of the world's
best-known consumer health care products. Everyday, Pfizer colleagues
work across developed and emerging markets to advance wellness,
prevention, treatments and cures that challenge the most feared diseases
of our time. Consistent with our responsibility as one of the world's
premier innovative biopharmaceutical companies, we collaborate with
health care providers, governments and local communities to support and
expand access to reliable, affordable health care around the world. For
more than 150 years, Pfizer has worked to make a difference for all who
rely on us. To learn more, please visit us at www.pfizer.com.
DISCLOSURE NOTICE: The information contained in this release
is as of April 16, 2015. Pfizer assumes no obligation to update
forward-looking statements contained in this release as the result of
new information or future events or developments.
This release contains forward-looking information that involves
substantial risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to
differ materially from those expressed or implied by such statements. A
description of risks and uncertainties can be found in Pfizer's Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014 and in
its subsequent reports on Form 10-Q, including in the sections thereof
captioned "Risk Factors" and "Forward-Looking Information That May
Affect Future Results", as well as in its subsequent reports on Form
8-K, all of which are filed with the SEC and available at www.sec.gov
and www.pfizer.com.
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