Pfizer Profit Up on Demand for Key Drugs
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Pfizer Inc. PFE.N, the world's  biggest drugmaker, on Wednesday said third-quarter earnings  rose on higher sales of key medicines and favorable foreign  exchange factors.
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Eli Lilly and Co  on Tuesday said fourth-quarter profit rose on lower taxes and better-than-expected sales of its medicines, including newer treatments for depression, diabetes and cancer.
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Pfizer Inc. PFE.N , the world's  largest drug company, on Wednesday said fourth-quarter earnings  rose, helped by strong sales of cholesterol treatment Lipitor  and other medicines.
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Abbott Laboratories Inc. ABT.N on  Tuesday said its fourth-quarter profit rose 3.2 percent on  higher sales of its prescription drugs, including its popular  new treatment for rheumatoid arthritis, Humira.
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Walgreen Co. increased its fourth-quarter profits by 18 percent despite slower growth in prescription drug sales industrywide, taking market share from competitors as it gains ground on the biggest US retailers.
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NEW YORK/GROTON, Connecticut  - Pfizer Inc.  raised its 2006 profit forecast on Thursday and said its roster of experimental drugs in late-stage testing could triple by 2009, sending its shares higher.
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Walgreen Co , one of the largest U.S. drugstore operators, said on Friday quarterly profit rose a better-than-expected 5.5 percent, helped by higher sales and cost controls.
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Pfizer Inc , the world's biggest drug maker, on Wednesday reported fourth-quarter results that beat expectations, sending its shares higher in premarket trading.
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BASEL, Switzerland  - Core net profit at Roche  Holding AG rose by less than expected in 2004 despite strong  sales of cancer drugs, as products such as flu drug Tamiflu  suffered a weaker fourth quarter.
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Merck & Co  on Monday said its  third-quarter profit rose sharply, helped by sales of its  vaccines and cholesterol drugs, and raised its 2007 profit  forecast in view of strong current trends.
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German drugs and chemicals group Merck&#39;s third-quarter operating profit rose by a forecast-beating 42 percent, helped by strong sales of cancer drug Erbitux and liquid crystals for flat screen televisions.
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Merck & Co.  said on Monday that quarterly earnings rose 12 percent on strong demand for its newer vaccines and medicines, and raised its 2007 profit forecast, sending its shares up 4 percent.
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The Swiss pharmaceutical giant, Novartis, on Tuesday announced an 18 percent increase in second quarter net profit to 2.02 billion dollars (1.46 billion euros) and reiterated its forecast of record profits this year.
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Eli Lilly and Co.  on Thursday said its third-quarter earnings rose as growing demand for its medicines offset higher spending to market recently approved treatments.
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The drug maker said net income rose 6 percent to $926.3 million and it raised its outlook for the year.
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Fourth-quarter profit surged from a year-ago period that included hefty restructuring costs and liability charges related to the companyâs top-selling drug, Zyprexa.
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Pfizer Inc. shares staged a rebound Tuesday, spurred in part by what Wall Street viewed as positive publicity about its Celebrex drug.