Pfizer Sees Deeper Price Cuts, Lilly Maintains China Momentum – Emerging Market Earnings Roundup (Part 2)
This article was originally published in PharmAsia News
Executive Summary
Pfizer said that it has plans to rebound from a volatile fourth quarter of price cuts and slower than expected volume gains in emerging markets. Eli Lilly hopes to build on gains in China and boost volume growth overall in emerging markets to shore up revenues after major patents expired in key countries.
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