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Pfizer

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Pfizer Inc.
Company typePublic
IndustryPharmaceutical
Founded1849; 177 years ago (1849) in New York City
Founders
Headquarters
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
ProductsSee list
RevenueDecrease US$51.75 billion (2019)[1]
Increase US$16.30 billion (2019)[1]
Increase US$16.27 billion (2019)[1]
Total assetsIncrease US$167.489 billion (2019)[1]
Total equityDecrease US$63.14 billion (2019)[1]
Number of employees
c. 88,300 (2019)[2]
Websitepfizer.com

Pfizer(/ˈfaɪzər/)[3] is an American pharmaceutical corporation. One of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies, it is ranked 64 on the 2020 Fortune 500 list of the largest United States corporations by total revenue.[4][5] It was founded in 1849 in New York City. It is ranked the largest drug company in the world. The company is responsible for the first COVID-19 vaccination. Pfizer is known for its drugs Advil and ChapStick. The company bought Wyeth, which also used to be a drug company. The deal was completed in 2009.

References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Financial Review - Pfizer Inc. and Subsidiary Companies" (PDF). Pfizer. 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 November 2022. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  2. ↑ "Pfizer Annual Report 2019" (PDF). Pfizer. 2019.
  3. ↑ Wells, John C. (2008), Longman Pronunciation Dictionary (3rd ed.), Longman, ISBN 9781405881180
  4. ↑ "Pfizer moves higher amid persistent breakup talk". Bloomberg Businessweek. 27 March 2012. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
  5. ↑ "Fortune 500 Companies 2018: Who Made the List". Fortune. Archived from the original on 2014-07-07. Retrieved 2018-11-10.