02 November 2023 | Thursday | Company results
Dr. Albert Bourla, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, stated: “We are encouraged by the strong performance of Pfizer’s non-COVID products in the third quarter of 2023, including significant contributions from new launches and robust year-over-year growth for several key in-line brands. We also have achieved several recent milestones that speak to the underlying strength and breadth of our scientific pipeline, including the U.S. and European Commission (EC) approval and launch of Abrysvo in pregnant individuals, and EC approval and launch of Abrysvo in older adults; the U.S. approval and launch of Elrexfio; U.S. approvals of Penbraya, Velsipity and of the Braftovi+Mektovi combination in BRAF-mutated metastatic non-small cell lung cancer; and EC approval of Litfulo.
“In addition, we continue to make progress toward our proposed acquisition of Seagen, a global leader in discovering, developing and commercializing transformative oncology medicines that we believe can help us conquer cancer in the coming years—and earlier this month, we received unconditional antitrust clearance from the EC on the proposed acquisition, a decision we believe confirms our view that the transaction is pro-competitive, reflective of our complementary portfolios and good for patients.
“With a significant uncertainty removed by our recently announced amended Paxlovid supply agreement with the U.S. government, our expectation of additional clarification on global vaccination and treatment rates by the end of the year, and the breakthroughs continuing to emerge from our pipeline, we look forward to concluding 2023 with positive momentum that showcases Pfizer’s long-term growth potential.”
David Denton, Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President, stated: “We are extremely pleased by the strong 10% operational revenue growth of Pfizer’s non-COVID products in the third quarter of 2023. With expected contributions from our new product launches, this puts us squarely on track to meet our full-year non-COVID operational revenue growth target of 6% to 8%. In addition, we launched our cost realignment program, from which we expect to achieve at least $3.5 billion of net cost savings by the end of 2024. Combined with the momentum of our non-COVID product portfolio and U.S. commercialization of Paxlovid, we expect the program to yield improved operating margins this year and help drive Pfizer’s growth through the end of the decade and beyond.”
Results for the third quarter of 2023 and 2022(5) are summarized below.
OVERALL RESULTS
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($ in millions, except per share amounts) |
Third-Quarter |
Nine Months |
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2023 |
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2022 |
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Change |
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2023 |
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2022 |
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Change |
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Revenues |
$ |
13,232 |
$ |
22,638 |
(42%) |
$ |
44,247 |
$ |
76,040 |
(42%) |
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Reported(2) Net Income/(Loss) |
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(2,382) |
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8,608 |
* |
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5,488 |
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26,378 |
(79%) |
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Reported(2) Diluted EPS/(LPS) |
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(0.42) |
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1.51 |
* |
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0.96 |
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4.60 |
(79%) |
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Adjusted(3) Income/(Loss) |
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(968) |
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10,172 |
* |
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9,908 |
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31,165 |
(68%) |
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Adjusted(3) Diluted EPS/(LPS) |
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(0.17) |
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1.78 |
* |
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1.73 |
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5.44 |
(68%) |
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* Indicates calculation not meaningful. |
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REVENUES
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($ in millions) |
Third-Quarter |
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Nine Months |
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2023 |
2022 |
% Change |
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2023 |
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2022 |
% Change |
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Total |
Oper. |
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Total |
Oper. |
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Global Biopharmaceuticals Business (Biopharma) |
$ |
12,930 |
$ |
22,319 |
(42%) |
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(42%) |
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$ |
43,320 |
$ |
75,066 |
(42%) |
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(41%) |
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Primary Care |
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6,287 |
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15,846 |
(60%) |
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(60%) |
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23,602 |
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55,676 |
(58%) |
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(56%) |
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Specialty Care |
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3,757 |
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3,404 |
10% |
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12% |
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11,021 |
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10,267 |
7% |
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11% |
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Oncology |
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2,885 |
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3,070 |
(6%) |
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(5%) |
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8,696 |
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9,124 |
(5%) |
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(3%) |
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Business Innovation |
$ |
302 |
$ |
319 |
(5%) |
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(7%) |
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$ |
928 |
$ |
974 |
(5%) |
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(4%) |
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TOTAL REVENUES |
$ |
13,232 |
$ |
22,638 |
(42%) |
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(41%) |
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$ |
44,247 |
$ |
76,040 |
(42%) |
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(40%) |
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In the first quarter of 2023, Pfizer established an operating segment, Business Innovation, that includes Pfizer CentreOne (PC1), the company’s global contract development and manufacturing organization and a leading supplier of specialty active pharmaceutical ingredients; and Pfizer Ignite, a recently launched offering that provides strategic guidance and end-to-end R&D services to select innovative biotech companies that align with Pfizer’s R&D focus areas. The prior period has been revised to conform to the current period presentation.
Some amounts in this press release may not add due to rounding. All percentages have been calculated using unrounded amounts. References to operational variances pertain to period-over-period changes that exclude the impact of foreign exchange rates(6).
CAPITAL ALLOCATION
During the first nine months of 2023, Pfizer deployed its capital in a variety of ways, which primarily include the following two categories:
No share repurchases have been completed to date in 2023. As of October 31, 2023, Pfizer’s remaining share repurchase authorization is $3.3 billion. Current financial guidance does not anticipate any share repurchases in 2023.
For the third quarter of 2023, basic weighted-average shares outstanding of 5,646 million were used to calculate Reported(2) and Adjusted(3) diluted LPS.
2023 FINANCIAL GUIDANCE(4)
Pfizer reaffirms its full-year 2023 guidance(4) for Revenues, Adjusted(3) diluted EPS and Effective Tax Rate on Adjusted(3) Income provided on October 13, 2023, which is presented below. This guidance incorporates the impacts of certain one-time items, noted below.
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2023 Financial Guidance(4) |
One-Time Items Included in Guidance(a) |
Revenues* |
$58.0 to $61.0 billion |
$(4.2) billion |
Operational(6) Decline vs. Prior Year |
(41%) to (38%) |
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Decline vs. Prior Year |
(42%) to (39%) |
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Non-cash Inventory Write-offs(a) |
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$5.6 billion |
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Adjusted(3) Diluted EPS* |
$1.45 to $1.65 |
$(1.47) |
Operational(6) Decline vs. Prior Year |
(75%) to (72%) |
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Decline vs. Prior Year |
(78%) to (75%) |
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(a) |
One-time items include a non-cash revenue reversal of approximately $4.2 billion related to the return of an estimated 7.9 million treatment courses of U.S. government EUA-labeled Paxlovid expected in the fourth quarter of 2023 and a non-cash charge of $5.6 billion recorded to Cost of Sales in the third quarter of 2023 for COVID products inventory write-offs and other charges. |
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Changes in foreign exchange rates have had a minimal incremental impact since full-year 2023 guidance was issued. Please refer to Press Release Footnote (4) for additional information. |
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The midpoint of the guidance range for revenues reflects a 40% operational decrease compared to 2022 revenues. Company revenues are anticipated to be lower in 2023 than in 2022 due to expected revenue declines for Pfizer’s COVID-19 products, partially offset by expected operational growth from our non-COVID-19 in-line portfolio, new product and indication launches and recently acquired products.
Excluding COVID-19 products, Pfizer is expecting 6% to 8% operational revenue growth in 2023. Revenue guidance for Pfizer’s COVID-19 products is as follows:
The midpoint of the guidance range for Adjusted(3) diluted EPS reflects a 74% operational decrease compared to 2022, primarily driven by the one-time items referenced in Footnote (a) above, anticipated lower revenues from COVID-19 products, higher spending to support new product and indication launches and greater investment in certain late-stage pipeline projects.
Financial guidance for Adjusted(3) diluted EPS is calculated using approximately 5.72 billion weighted average shares outstanding, and assumes no share repurchases in 2023.
Pfizer also updated certain other components of its 2023 financial guidance, which are presented below. The increase in guidance for Adjusted Cost of Sales as a Percentage of Revenues reflects the impact of the non-cash charge of $5.6 billion recorded to Cost of Sales in the third quarter of 2023 for inventory write-offs and other charges. The decreases in guidance for Adjusted(3) SI&A and R&D Expenses are primarily due to Pfizer’s expectation to realize $1.0 billion of cost savings in 2023 as part of its enterprise-wide cost realignment program. The increase in guidance for Adjusted(3) Other (Income) is primarily due to an improved interest rate environment and anticipated higher income from equity-method investments.
Adjusted(3) Cost of Sales as a Percentage of Revenues |
41.0% to 43.0% |
(previously 28.0% to 30.0%) |
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Adjusted(3) SI&A Expenses |
$13.3 to $14.3 billion |
(previously $13.8 to $14.8 billion) |
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Adjusted(3) R&D Expenses |
$11.9 to $12.9 billion |
(previously $12.4 to $13.4 billion) |
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Acquired IPR&D Expenses(4) |
Approximately $0.1 billion |
Adjusted(3) Other (Income)/Deductions |
Approximately $1.9 billion of income |
(previously approximately $1.5 billion of income) |
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Effective Tax Rate on Adjusted(3) Income |
Approximately 12.0% |
Pfizer’s 2023 financial guidance is based on estimates and assumptions that are subject to significant uncertainties. See the Overview of Our Performance, Operating Environment, Strategy and Outlook — Our 2022 Performance and — The Global Economic Environment sections of Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (MD&A) in Pfizer’s 2022 Annual Report on Form 10-K; and the Overview of Our Performance, Operating Environment, Strategy and Outlook — Our Second Quarter 2023 and First Six Months of 2023 Performance and — The Global Economic Environmentsections of MD&A in Pfizer’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended July 2, 2023 (available at www.pfizer.com); as well as Pfizer’s press release issued on October 13, 2023 (https://www.pfizer.com/news/press-release/press-release-detail/pfizer-amends-us-government-paxlovid-supply-agreement-and), for additional information.
QUARTERLY FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (Third-Quarter 2023 vs. Third-Quarter 2022)
Third-quarter 2023 revenues totaled $13.2 billion, a decrease of $9.4 billion, or 42%, compared to the prior-year quarter, reflecting an operational decline of $9.3 billion, or 41%, primarily due to a decrease in Paxlovid and Comirnaty(1) revenues globally, as well as a de minimis impact of foreign exchange. Excluding contributions from Comirnaty(1) and Paxlovid, company revenues grew $1.1 billion, or 10%, operationally.
Third-quarter 2023 Paxlovid revenues declined $7.3 billion, or 97%, operationally compared with the prior-year quarter, primarily driven by no third quarter U.S. sales in anticipation of commercial transition and lower contractual deliveries in most international markets.
Third-quarter 2023 Comirnaty(1) revenues declined $3.1 billion, or 70%, operationally compared with the prior-year quarter, largely driven by lower U.S. government contracted deliveries and lower contracted deliveries and demand in international markets, due to anticipated transition to new variant vaccines globally and to traditional U.S. commercial market sales beginning in September 2023.
Excluding contributions from Comirnaty(1) and Paxlovid, third-quarter 2023 operational revenue growth was primarily driven by:
GAAP Reported(2) Statement of Operations Highlights
SELECTED REPORTED COSTS AND EXPENSES(2)
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Third-Quarter |
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Nine Months |
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2023 |
2022 |
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2023 |
2022 |
% Change |
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Total |
Oper. |
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Total |
Oper. |
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Cost of Sales(2) |
$ |
9,269 |
$ |
6,063 |
53% |
49% |
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$ |
17,391 |
$ |
24,696 |
(30%) |
(31%) |
Percent of Revenues |
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70.0% |
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26.8% |
N/A |
N/A |
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39.3% |
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32.5% |
N/A |
N/A |
SI&A Expenses(2) |
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3,281 |
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3,391 |
(3%) |
(3%) |
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10,196 |
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9,032 |
13% |
15% |
R&D Expenses(2) |
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2,711 |
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2,696 |
1% |
1% |
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7,864 |
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7,813 |
1% |
1% |
Acquired IPR&D Expenses(2) |
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67 |
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524 |
(87%) |
(87%) |
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122 |
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880 |
(86%) |
(86%) |
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Other (Income)/Deductions––net(2) |
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(79) |
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(59) |
33% |
50% |
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(356) |
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1,063 |
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Effective Tax Rate on Reported(2) Income/(Loss) |
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28.8% |
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4.0% |
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(6.2%) |
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10.5% |
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Third-quarter 2023 Cost of Sales(2) as a percentage of revenues increased by 43.3 percentage points compared with the prior-year quarter, primarily driven by a non-cash charge of $5.6 billion recorded to Cost of Sales in the third quarter of 2023 for inventory write-offs and other charges ($4.7 billion for Paxlovid and $0.9 billion for Comirnaty(1)).
Third-quarter 2023 SI&A Expenses(2) decreased 3% operationally compared with the prior-year quarter, primarily reflecting a lower provision for U.S. healthcare reform fees related to Comirnaty(1) and Paxlovid and a decrease in spending on products across multiple customer groups, partially offset by increases in marketing and promotional expenses for recently acquired and launched products.
Third-quarter 2023 R&D Expenses(2) increased 1% operationally compared with the prior-year quarter, primarily driven by increased investments to develop recently acquired assets and to support upcoming product launches, partially offset by lower compensation-related expenses.
Third-quarter 2023 Acquired IPR&D Expenses(2) decreased 87% operationally, primarily reflecting the non-recurrence of an upfront payment related to the closing of the acquisition of ReViral Ltd. in the third quarter of 2022.
The favorable period-over-period change in Other income—net(2) of $19 million for the third quarter of 2023, compared to the third quarter of 2022, was primarily driven by (i) a gain on the divestiture of our early-stage rare disease gene therapy portfolio to Alexion Pharma International Operations Limited, a subsidiary of AstraZeneca PLC, (ii) the non-recurrence of an asset impairment charge incurred in the third quarter of 2022 and (iii) equity income from our investment in Haleon plc in the third quarter of 2023 versus equity losses in the third quarter of 2022; partially offset by (iv) higher net losses on equity securities and (v) lower net periodic benefit credits associated with pension and postretirement plans recorded in the third quarter of 2023.
Pfizer’s positive effective tax rate for the third quarter of 2023 reflects a tax benefit on a pre-tax Reported(2) loss, primarily resulting from the Company’s revised forecast and jurisdictional mix of earnings.
Adjusted(3) Statement of Operations Highlights
SELECTED ADJUSTED(3) COSTS AND EXPENSES
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2022 |
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2023 |
2022 |
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Total |
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Total |
Oper. |
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Adjusted(3) Cost of Sales |
$ |
8,906 |
$ |
6,038 |
47% |
44% |
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$ |
16,723 |
$ |
24,621 |
(32%) |
(33%) |
Percent of Revenues |
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67.3% |
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26.7% |
N/A |
N/A |
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37.8% |
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32.4% |
N/A |
N/A |
Adjusted(3) SI&A Expenses |
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3,205 |
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3,239 |
(1%) |
(1%) |
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9,974 |
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8,635 |
16% |
17% |
Adjusted(3) R&D Expenses |
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2,679 |
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2,693 |
(1%) |
— |
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7,797 |
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7,799 |
— |
1% |
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Adjusted(3) Other (Income)/Deductions––net |
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(388) |
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(515) |
(25%) |
(23%) |
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(1,466) |
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(1,298) |
13% |
5% |
Effective Tax Rate on Adjusted(3) Income/(Loss) |
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22.3% |
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4.4% |
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10.4% |
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11.9 % |
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Reconciliations of certain Reported(2) to non-GAAP Adjusted(3) financial measures and associated footnotes can be found in the financial tables section of the press release located at the link below.
RECENT NOTABLE DEVELOPMENTS (Since August 1, 2023)
Product Developments
For more information on the amended agreement, please visit https://www.pfizer.com/news/press-release/press-release-detail/pfizer-amends-us-government-paxlovid-supply-agreement-and
Pipeline Developments
A comprehensive update of Pfizer’s development pipeline was published today and is now available at www.pfizer.com/science/drug-product-pipeline. It includes an overview of Pfizer’s research and a list of compounds in development with targeted indication and phase of development, as well as mechanism of action for some candidates in Phase 1 and all candidates from Phase 2 through registration.
Corporate Developments
Additional Developments
Please find Pfizer’s press release and associated financial tables, including reconciliations of certain GAAP reported to non-GAAP adjusted information, at the following hyperlink:
https://investors.pfizer.com/files/doc_financials/2023/q3/Q3-2023-PFE-Earnings-Release.pdf
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