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PFIZER INC

For the period ended Dec 31, 2025. Filed Feb 26, 2026.

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FY2025 · Filed Feb 26, 2026

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Overview of Our Performance, Operating Environment, Strategy and Outlook

Financial Highlights––The following is a summary of certain financial performance metrics (in billions, except per share data):

2025 Total Revenues––$62.6 billion2025 Net Cash Flow from Operations––$11.7 billion
A decrease of 2% compared to 2024A decrease of 8% compared to 2024
2025 Reported Diluted EPS––$1.362025 Adjusted Diluted EPS (Non-GAAP)––$3.22**
A decrease of 3% compared to 2024An increase of 4% compared to 2024

** For additional information regarding Adjusted diluted EPS (which is a non-GAAP financial measure), including reconciliations of certain GAAP Reported to non- GAAP Adjusted information, see the Non-GAAP Financial Measure: Adjusted Income section within MD&A.

Our Business and Strategy––Pfizer Inc. is a research-based, global biopharmaceutical company. We apply science and our global resources to bring therapies to people that extend and significantly improve their lives. See the Item 1. Business––About Pfizer section. As a science-driven global biopharmaceutical company, we remain focused on advancing our product pipeline, supporting our marketed brands and deploying capital responsibly, with a focus on initiatives that can help contribute to our long-term revenue and future growth. Most of our revenues come from the manufacture and sale of biopharmaceutical products. We believe that our medicines and vaccines provide significant value for healthcare providers and patients, and we continuously evaluate how we can best collaborate with patients, physicians and payors to support and expand patient access to reliable, affordable healthcare around the world. In addition, we continually seek to expand and broaden our product portfolio offerings through prioritized development of our pipeline and business development opportunities targeted at critical unmet patient needs. As a result, our commercial organizational structure and R&D operations are critical to the successful execution of our business strategy. Our ability to fulfill our purpose, Breakthroughs that change patients’ lives, remains a core focus and underscores our commitment to addressing the needs of society to help sustain long-term value creation for all stakeholders.

Our 2026 key priorities are:

  1. Maximize value of key transactions

  2. Deliver on critical R&D milestones

  3. Invest to maximize post-2028 growth

  4. Scale AI across our business.

One way we believe we will be more efficient, effective and able to execute on these strategic priorities is through digital enablement. This includes expanding automation, data‑driven decision making, and enterprise AI solutions that strengthen productivity and accelerate innovation.

In 2025, we managed our commercial operations through a global structure consisting of three operating segments: Biopharma, PC1 and Pfizer Ignite. Biopharma was the only reportable segment. See Note 17A and the Item 1. Business––Commercial Operations section. As part of our continued focus on commercial execution, at the beginning of 2026, we made changes in our commercial structure, which included the transition of certain off-patent branded and generic sterile injectables and biosimilars from the Specialty Care and Oncology product portfolios to a new Global Hospital and Biosimilars organization within our Biopharma reportable segment that went into effect on January 1, 2026. See the Item 1. Business––Commercial Operations section.

Realigning Our Cost Base Program

In the fourth quarter of 2023, we announced that we launched a multi-year, enterprise-wide cost realignment program that aims to realign our costs with our longer-term revenue expectations. In the second quarter of 2025, we identified additional productivity opportunities to further reduce costs primarily in SI&A, driven in large part by enhanced digital enablement, including automation and AI, and simplification of business processes.

In connection with our efforts to simplify the structure and sharpen the focus of our R&D organization, in the first quarter of 2025, we expanded this program after having identified additional opportunities to drive improvements in productivity and operational efficiencies through enhanced digital enablement, including automation and AI, and simplification of business processes.

Manufacturing Optimization Program––In the second quarter of 2024, we announced that we launched a multi-year, multi-phased program to reduce our costs of goods sold, which includes operational efficiencies, network structure changes, and product portfolio enhancements.

See Note 3 for the anticipated and actual costs of these programs. For a description of anticipated savings related to these programs, see the Costs and Expenses––Restructuring Charges and Other Costs Associated with Acquisitions and Cost-Reduction/Productivity Initiatives section within MD&A.

R&D: We believe we have a strong pipeline and are well-positioned for future growth. R&D is at the heart of fulfilling our purpose to deliver breakthroughs that change patients’ lives as we work to translate advanced science and technologies into the medicines and vaccines that may be the most impactful for patients. Innovation, drug discovery and development are critical to our success. In addition to discovering and developing new products, our R&D efforts seek to add value to our existing products by improving their effectiveness, safety profile and ease of dosing and by discovering potential new indications. See the Item 1. Business—Research and Development section for our R&D priorities and strategy.

We seek to leverage a strong pipeline, organize around expected operational growth drivers and capitalize on trends creating long-term growth opportunities, including:

an aging global population that is generating increased demand for innovative medicines and vaccines that address patients’ unmet needs; and

advances in both biological science and platform technologies that are enhancing the delivery of potential breakthrough new medicines and vaccines.

Our Business Development Initiatives and Other Recent Developments––We are committed to strategically capitalizing on growth opportunities, primarily by advancing our own product pipeline and maximizing the value of our existing products, but also through various business development activities. We view our business development activity as an enabler of our strategies and seek to generate growth by pursuing opportunities and transactions that have the potential to strengthen our business and our capabilities. We assess our business, assets and scientific capabilities/portfolio as part of our regular, ongoing portfolio review process and also continue to consider business development activities that will help advance our business strategy. See Note 2 for a discussion of our recent business development initiatives, including the acquisitions of Seagen and Metsera, and the following for significant recent activities.

Agreement with the U.S. Government––In September 2025, we announced an agreement with the Trump Administration in which we voluntarily agreed to implement measures designed to make certain drug prices for U.S. patients more comparable to those in other developed countries and also allow U.S. patients to purchase certain medicines at significant discounts to current retail prices. The September 2025 agreement also provides a three-year grace period during which time our products will not face Section 232 tariffs, provided the Company further invests in manufacturing in the U.S. Pfizer is now in the process of entering into binding final agreements to implement these arrangements. See the Item 1. Business––Pricing Pressures and Managed Care Organizations and––Government Regulation and Price Cons traints sections for additional information.

Our 2025 Performance

Total Revenues––Total revenues decreased $1.0 billion, or 2%, to $62.6 billion in 2025 from $63.6 billion in 2024, reflecting an operational decrease of $1.3 billion, or 2%, partially offset by a favorable impact of foreign exchange of $247 million. The operational decrease was primarily driven by declines in COVID-19 product revenues, partially offset by increases from the Vyndaqel family, Eliquis, Padcev, Lorbrena, Abrysvo and Oncology biosimilars. Excluding contributions from Comirnaty and Paxlovid, Total revenues increased 6% operationally.

The following chart outlines the components of the net change in Total revenues:

See the Total Revenues by Geography and Total Revenues––Selected Product Discussion sections within MD&A for more information, including a discussion of key drivers of our revenue performance. Certain of our vaccines, including Comirnaty, are subject to seasonality of demand, with a greater portion of revenues anticipated in the fall and winter seasons. Revenues may also vary due to changes in public health recommendations for vaccination. In addition, Paxlovid revenues trend with COVID-19 infection rates. See also The Global Economic Environment––COVID-19 section below for information about our COVID-19 products. For information regarding the primary indications or class of certain products, see Note 17C.

Income from Continuing Operations Before Provision/(Benefit) for Taxes on Income––The decrease in Income from continuing operations before provision/(benefit) for taxes on income of $503 million, to $7.5 billion in 2025 from $8.0 billion in 2024, was primarily due to (i) higher intangible asset impairment charges in 2025, (ii) an increase in Acquired in-process research and development expenses, (iii) net losses on equity securities in 2025 versus net gains on equity securities in 2024 and (iv) lower revenues, partially offset by (v) decreases in Cost of Sales, SI&A, and Restructuring charges and certain acquisition-related costs, and (vi) net periodic benefit credits associated with pension and other postretirement plans incurred in 2025 versus net periodic benefit costs in 2024.

See the Analysis of the Consolidated Statements of Operations section within MD&A and Notes 3 and 4. For information on our tax provision and effective tax rate, see the Provision/(Benefit) for Taxes on Income section within MD&A and Note 5.

Our Operating Environment––We, like other businesses in our industry, are subject to certain industry-specific challenges. These include, among others, the topics listed below. See also the Item 1. Business––Government Regulation and Price Constraints and Item 1A. Risk Factors sections.

Regulatory Environment––Pipeline Productivity––Our product lines must be replenished over time to offset revenue losses when products lose exclusivity or market share or to respond to healthcare and innovation trends, as well as to provide for earnings growth, primarily through internal R&D or through collaborations, acquisitions, JVs, licensing or other arrangements. As a result, we devote considerable resources to our R&D activities which, while essential to our growth, incorporate a high degree of risk and cost, including whether a particular product candidate or new indication for an in-line product will achieve the desired clinical endpoint or safety profile, will be approved by regulators or will be successful commercially. Clinical trials are conducted to determine, among other things, whether an investigational drug, vaccine or device is safe and effective for a particular patient population. After a product has been approved or authorized and launched, we continue to monitor its safety as long as it is available to patients, including conducting postmarketing trials, voluntarily or pursuant to a regulatory request. For the entire life of the product, we collect safety data and report safety information to the FDA and other regulators. Regulatory authorities evaluate potential safety concerns and take any regulatory action deemed necessary and appropriate. Such action(s) may include: updating a product’s labeling, restricting its use, communicating new safety information or, in rare cases, seeking to suspend or remove a product from the market.

Intellectual Property Rights and Collaboration/Licensing Rights––The loss, expiration or invalidation of intellectual property rights, patent litigation settlements and judgments, and the expiration of co-promotion and licensing rights can have a material adverse effect on our revenues. Certain of our products have experienced patent-based expirations or loss of regulatory exclusivity in certain markets in the last few years, and we expect certain products to face new or increased generic competition over the next few years. We anticipate a significant reduction of revenue from patent-based or regulatory exclusivity expiries in 2026 through 2030 as several of our in-line products experience these expirations, with the rate of the reduction of revenues from patent-based or regulatory exclusivity expiries expected to significantly accelerate over the next few years. In 2026, the impact from patent-based or regulatory exclusivity expiries is expected to be $1.5 billion. We continue to vigorously defend our patent rights against infringement, and we will continue to support efforts that strengthen worldwide recognition of patent rights while taking necessary steps to help ensure appropriate patient access.

For additional information on patent rights we consider most significant to our business as a whole, including U.S., major Europe and Japan basic product patent expiration years, see the Item 1. Business––Patents and Other Intellectual Property Rights section. For a discussion of recent developments with respect to patent litigation involving certain of our products, see Note 16A1.

Regulatory Environment/Pricing and Access––Government and Other Payor Group Pressures––The pricing of medicines and vaccines by pharmaceutical manufacturers and the cost of healthcare, which includes medicines, vaccines, medical services and hospital services, continues to be important to payors, governments, patients, and other stakeholders. Federal and state governments and private third-party payors in the U.S. continue to take action to manage the utilization and cost of drugs, including increasingly employing formularies to control costs and encourage utilization of certain drugs, including through the use of deductibles, utilization management tools, cost sharing or formulary placement. We consider a number of factors impacting the pricing of our medicines and vaccines. Within the U.S., we often engage with and receive feedback from patients, doctors and healthcare plans. We also often provide significant discounts from the list price to insurers, including PBMs and MCOs. The price that patients pay in the U.S. for prescribed medicines and vaccines is ultimately set by healthcare providers and insurers, including government healthcare programs. Governments globally, as well as private third-party payors in the U.S., may use a variety of measures to control costs, including, among others, legislative or regulatory pricing reforms, drug formularies (including tiering and utilization management tools), cross country collaboration and procurement, price cuts, mandatory rebates, health technology assessments, forced localization as a condition of market access, “international reference pricing” (i.e., the practice of a country linking its regulated medicine prices to those of other countries), quality consistency evaluation processes, clawbacks and volume-based procurement. We anticipate that these and similar initiatives will continue to increase pricing and access pressures globally. In the U.S., we expect to see continued focus by the U.S. government and states on regulating drug pricing and access to medicine, including but not limited to, international reference pricing, including Most-Favored-Nation (MFN) drug pricing. The drug pricing provisions of the IRA have been and continue to be implemented over the next several years. In August 2023, CMS selected Eliquis for the MDPNP, and its government-set Maximum Fair Price became effective January 1, 2026. CMS has since selected Ibrance and Xtandi for the MDPNP with Maximum Fair Price effective in 2027 and Xeljanz for Maximum Fair Price effective in 2028, and additional future selections could lead to lower revenues. We continue to evaluate the impact of the IRA on our business, operations and financial condition and results as the full effect of the IRA on our business and the pharmaceutical industry remains uncertain. The IRA also made significant changes to the Medicare Part D benefit design (IRA Medicare Part D Redesign), which took effect beginning in 2025 and negatively impacted our 2025 revenues by approximately $1 billion. We do not expect a material, incremental impact from the IRA Medicare Part D Redesign in 2026 versus the baseline set in 2025. These changes more acutely impacted our higher-priced medicines as they reached catastrophic coverage earlier in the year. In addition, changes to the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program or the 340B Program, including legal or legislative developments at the federal or state level with respect to the 340B Program, could have a material impact on our business. See the Item 1. Business––Pricing Pressures and Managed Care Organizations and––Government Regulation and Price Constraints and the Item 1A. Risk Factors––Pricing and Reimbursement sections.

Policy/Regulatory Environment––New and potential policy, regulatory or other changes from the U.S. Presidential administration, Congress and states, including, among others, increased or new regulatory requirements, including heightened requirements for licensure, changes, delays or failure to receive recommendations, reimbursement and regulatory approvals and coverage for our vaccines and medicines could have a material adverse effect on our business, earnings, cash flows, liquidity and financial guidance.

Impact of the July 2023 Tornado in Rocky Mount, North Carolina (NC)––Our manufacturing facility in Rocky Mount, NC was damaged by a tornado in July 2023. The facility is a key producer of sterile injectables and is responsible for manufacturing nearly 25 percent of all our sterile injectables—including anesthesia, analgesia, and micronutrients. Supply of medicines has recovered from the impact of the tornado. We incurred losses in 2023 and 2024 that were partially offset by insurance recoveries received.

Product Supply––We periodically encounter supply delays, disruptions and shortages, including due to voluntary product recalls and natural or man-made disasters. In response to requests from various regulatory authorities, manufacturers across the pharmaceutical industry, including Pfizer, are evaluating their product portfolios for the potential presence or formation of nitrosamines and we are actively engaging with regulatory authorities on this topic. If nitrosamines are detected in products, this may lead to submission of comprehensive data packages to regulatory authorities to support discussions on the relevant intake limit for the product and potential impact on patient supply, and, in some instances, may lead to market action for such products.

We have not seen a significant disruption of our supply chain in 2025 and through the date of filing of this Form 10-K, and all of our manufacturing sites globally have continued to operate at or near normal levels. We do not anticipate the availability of raw materials to have a significant impact on our operations in 2026, but are monitoring potential supply chain disruptions as a result of ongoing geopolitical and trade negotiations, which could, among other things, impact costs. We are continuing to monitor and implement mitigation strategies to reduce any potential risk or impact including active supplier management, qualification of additional suppliers and advanced purchasing to the extent possible. For information on risks related to product manufacturing, see the Item 1A. Risk Factors––Product Manufacturing, Sales and Marketing Risks section.

Withdrawal of Oxbryta––See the Product Developments section within MD&A.

The Global Economic Environment––In addition to the industry-specific factors discussed above, we, like other businesses of our size and global extent of activities, are exposed to economic cycles. Certain factors in the global economic environment that may impact our global operations include, among other things, currency and interest rate fluctuations, global trade tensions, capital and exchange controls, local and global economic conditions including inflation, recession, volatility and/or lack of liquidity in capital markets, expropriation and other restrictive government actions, changes in intellectual property, legal protections and remedies, trade regulations, tariffs, tax laws and regulations and procedures and actions affecting approval, production, pricing, and marketing of, reimbursement for and access to our products, as well as impacts of political or civil unrest or military action and their economic consequences, geopolitical instability, terrorist activity, unstable governments and legal systems, inter-governmental disputes, public health outbreaks, epidemics, pandemics, natural disasters or disruptions related to climate change. Government pressures can lead to negative pricing pressure in various markets where governments take an active role in setting prices, access criteria or other means of cost control. In addition, issued or future executive orders or other new or changes in laws, regulations or policy regarding tariffs or other trade or foreign policy, could have a material adverse effect on our business, earnings, cash flow, liquidity and financial guidance. The actual impact of any new tariffs on our business would be subject to a number of factors including, but not limited to, restrictions on trade, the effective date and duration of such tariffs, countries included in the scope of tariffs, changes to amounts of tariffs, and potential retaliatory tariffs or other retaliatory actions imposed by other countries. We are currently evaluating the impact of the U.S. Supreme Court’s February 2026 decision relating to executive authority to impose tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). Although we do not believe this decision will have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements, we continue to monitor developments and any potential impacts on our future financial results and business. This decision does not impact the Section 232 investigation of pharmaceuticals, nor executive authority to impose tariffs under other laws, including Section 232. Strategies intended to help mitigate the potential impacts on our business in the short-term have been implemented as well as those outlined in our voluntary agreement with the Trump Administration as discussed above. We are continuing to evaluate opportunities and developing plans which are intended to help mitigate the potential long-term impact of tariffs on our business and operations. For additional information on risks related to our global operations and changes in laws, see the Item 1A. Risk Factors—Global Operations and ––Changes in Laws and Accounting Standards sections.

COVID-19––In response to COVID-19, we developed Paxlovid and collaborated with BioNTech to jointly develop Comirnaty. As part of our strategy for COVID-19, we are continuing to make significant investments in breakthrough science. This includes evaluating Comirnaty and Paxlovid, investigating new variants of concern, and developing variant adapted vaccine candidates. In addition, we are exploring combination respiratory vaccines and next generation anti-infectives. See the Product Developments section within MD&A.

In 2023, we principally sold Comirnaty globally under government contracts. In September 2023, Comirnaty transitioned to traditional commercial market sales in the U.S., triggered by the expiration of contracts. Internationally, sales of Comirnaty are under a combination of private channels and government contracts, as we started transitioning to commercial markets in 2024. In 2025, due to seasonality of demand for COVID-19 vaccinations, the majority of our global revenues for Comirnaty were recorded in the fourth quarter. In 2026, we expect market share in commercial markets and revenue phasing similar to 2025, primarily concentrated in the second-half of the year. However, we could see continuous decline in vaccination rates due to additional changes in vaccination recommendations, and the expected impact has been incorporated in our 2026 financial guidance. See Item 1A. Risk Factors—U.S. Healthcare Regulation for a description of certain risks and uncertainties that could impact revenue from our portfolio of vaccines.

In 2023, we principally sold Paxlovid globally to government agencies. On October 13, 2023, we announced an amended agreement with the U.S. government, which facilitated the transition of Paxlovid to traditional commercial markets in the U.S. Internationally, most revenue was generated through commercial channels in 2025. We expect a higher proportion of revenues to be delivered in the second-half of the year and revenues to fluctuate based on the timing, duration and severity of COVID-19 cases. The expected impact of lower demand has been incorporated in our 2026 financial guidance.

For information on risks associated with our COVID-19 products, as well as COVID-19 intellectual property disputes, see the Forward-Looking Information and Factors that May Affect Future Results, Item 1A. Risk Factors—COVID-19,—Intellectual Property Protection and––Third-Party Intellectual Property Claims sections as well as Notes 16A1 and 17C. For additional information on revenues, see the Total Revenues by Geographyand Total Revenues—Selected Product Discussion sections within MD&A.

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