Pfizer's 2022 sales top $100 billion but end to COVID-19 bonanza imminent

31 January 2023

US drugmaker Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) cemented its place at the top of the pile of global pharma companies in delivering its 2022 financial results.

The firm reported an eye-watering annual revenue figure of $100.3 billion, a 23% rise on 2021’s total and a record for the industry. Quarterly sales were $24.29 billion, a more modest 2% increase, reflecting a slowing down of sales of COVID-19 products that is likely to continue. The fourth quarter figure missed the FactSet consensus of $24.38 billion.

Symbolic of just how much Pfizer has made from its COVID-19 products is the stat that, without the Paxlovid (nirmatrelvir/ritonavir) antiviral and Comirnaty vaccine sales, annual revenues grew by only 2%.

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