Pfizer, Roche, AstraZeneca: Emerging Markets Earnings Roundup (Part 3)

Year-end and Q4 pharma earnings results emphasized emerging markets as one positive in a challenging environment posed by U.S. healthcare reform and European price cuts and austerity measures. Pharma companies stressed cost-cutting actions such as restructuring their businesses and closing facilities in the U.S. and Europe, while simultaneously discussing increased resource allocation for Asia and other emerging markets.

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