PFE : Pfizer Inc
Sector: Healthcare > Industry: Major Drugs
Pfizer, Inc., is research-based, a global pharmaceutical company. The company discovers, develops, manufactures and markets innovative medicines for humans and animals. Pfizer operates in two business segments, pharmaceutical products, which includes pharmaceuticals prescriptions for, to treat cardiovascular disease, infectious diseases, disorders of the central nervous system, diabetes, straightening dysfunction, Allergies, arthritis and other disorders, as well as over-the-counter self-care products, and animal health, which includes insecticidal, anti-infective and anti-inflammatory drugs and vaccines for livestock, poultry and related animals.
Pharmaceutical segment
The pharmaceutical segment of Pfiser consists of the Pphyser Pharmaceutical Group and the Consumer Health Group. Most of its pharmaceutical sales come from products in the three main therapeutic classes.: cardiovascular diseases, infectious diseases and disorders of the central nervous system. The company also offers products to treat diabetes., able to straighten dysfunction and allergies, as well as a so-advertised product for arthritis. IN 1999, pharmaceutical prescriptions, Made 88 % his income, compared to 86 % in 1998 And 83 % in 1997. IN 1999, the Company had seven products, including union products, with sales to third parties in excess of $1 billion each. Sales of its main operating pharmaceutical products, which include Norvasc, Cardura, Zithromax, Difulcan, Zoloft, Viagra and Zyrtek, Included 60 % his income.
Cardiovascular products of the disease, who address issues, affecting the heart and blood circulating system, are the largest therapeutic production lines of Pfiser. Norvasc, its most selling product, once a day treatment for hypertension and sore throat. His other cardiovascular products include Procardia XL, also once a day product for hypertension and sore throat, and Cardura, which is used, to consider hypertension and mild prostatic hyperplasia. Sales of Procardia XL continued to decline during 1999, must, at least partially, to the emphasis of increasing the medical community on Norvasc. Also included in the cardiovascular production line of Pfizer's disease is its union product., Lipitor, for the treatment of high lipids (cholesterol and, Triglycerides) in the bloodstream. The company will add to its cardiovascular production line with the launch 2000 first quarter Tikosyn. This product is used to treat atrium-related fibrous structure (rapid and irregular beats in the atriums or upper chambers of the heart).
In his infectious category of medicine disease, Pfizer's main products are – Zithromax and Difulcan. Zithromax – oral or administered antibiotic. Sales of Zithromax, enlarged in 1999 due to the increasing recognition by doctors of the effectiveness of the product in considering a wide range of infections. Difulcan is used, to treat various fungal infections, including vaginal infections and certain infections, who crush AIDS and cancer patients with weakened immune systems.
In June 1999, The European Union Committee on Proprietary Medicinal Products has suspended the European Union's oral and intravenous formulations of its antibiotic Trovan for 12 Months. In the rest of the world, including the United States, the use of Trovan is limited to serious infections in institutionalized patients.
To handle central nervous system disorders, the company offers Zoloft and co-promotes Aricept. Zoloft is used to treat depression, obsessive-obsessive mess, panic disorder and post-traumatic disorder of tension. The company participated in 1997 running Aricept to handle moderate, to alleviate Alzheimer's disease.
IN 1998, Pfizer introduced Viagra, his oral treatment to treat the dysfunction that can be straightened. Since its launch, the doctors have rewritten 17 millions of Prescriptions for Viagra tablets for more than six million patients in the United States alone. More than 150 millions of tablets have been distributed worldwide.
Other major pharmaceutical products of Pfizer include Glucotrol XL, for diabetes treatment, and Zyrtec, which is used to treat allergies and related problems. Zyrtec is licensed for the Company by the Belgian company UCB S.A. for sales in the United States and Canada.
In February 1999, The company participated in the launch of Celebrex with G.D. Searle & Co., Monsanto division and product researcher. Celebrex is used to relieve signs of adult rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis.
Pfizera Health Group's consumer products include over-the-counter over-the-counter drugs, therapeutic skin care products and self-care products. Among his famous brands in the United States is Visine Eye Care., BenGay topical analgesics, cream hydrocortisone Cortizone skin, Freed anti-lice products, Unisom Sleep Benefits, Desitin ointments for the treatment of patterned fabric rashes, Plax pre-cleaning of tooth rinse and Barbasol cream and gels.
Over the past few years, several expansions of the production line have been introduced., based on these brands. Other products are sold only in selected global markets. Sales of the Consumer Healthcare Group were approximately 4 % total revenues of the Company in 1999 And 1998, And 5 % in 1997. During 1999 the Company's largest pharmaceutical products and consumer healthcare customers were McKesson HBOC, Inc., Cardinal Hilt, Western Industries Bindley and Inc., Inc., These three wholesalers explained 14 %, 12 % And 7 % total income 1999 Pfisera, respectively.
Animal Health Segment
Pfiser Animal Health Group Detects, Develops, produces and sells products for the prevention and treatment of diseases in livestock, poultry and related animals. Its products include antibiotics., anti-parasitics, anti-inflammatories, vaccines and related products for related animals and livestock.
International Favorite Insecticidal Market for $1,3 billion consists of drugs for external parasites, such as fleas and ticking, gastrointestinal worm treatment and heartworm preventatives. His Product Revolution – first product, which will address all three issues. This once a month topical liquid protects against internal and external parasites, including heartworm, Fleas, and ear mites in dogs and cats, American dog ticking and sarcoptic scabies in dogs, and nematode and roundworm in cats.
Starting with its introduction to 1997, with almost five million gouty dogs worldwide treated Rimadyl, to reduce acute and chronic pain, associated with osteoarthritis, condition, which crushes approximately 15 % all dogs. New chewable form gives the beloved owner more convenience of government.
Other Pfizer animal co-products include Avangard vaccines for canine abdominal disease, Leukocell vaccines for feline leukemia, Clavamox/Synulox anti-infectives, and Anipryl for Cushing's Disease and Cognitive Dysfunction Syndrome in Dogs.
Pfiser Animal Health Group also produces insecticidal products, vaccines and anti-infectives for cattle, pigs and poultry. Among them is Dectomax, developed, to protect cattle, pigs and sheep from internal and external parasites, and Respisure/Stellamune vaccines, to prevent the type of pneumonia and associated problems of slow weight gain, reduced feed efficiency and lack of uniformity in size in pig. Other livestock products include Terramycin LA-200, administered version of the broad-spectrum antibiotic Terramycin, used for various animal diseases, Valbazen and Paratect products, to consider internal parasites, and Bovishield vaccine for cattle respiratory disease.
