Drugmaker Pfizer’s fourth-quarter profit plunged 59 percent because of discontinued operations, restructuring and other charges, and generic competition continuing to bleed sales of former blockbuster medicines.
Despite those pressures and unfavorable currency exchange rates reducing revenue by 3 percent, Pfizer easily topped Wall Street’s expectations.
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