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3Q Pharma Results Preview: Pfizer, Gilead, Allergan, Valeant, AstraZeneca

 
• By Scrip Team

Pfizer, Gilead, Allergan, Valeant and AstraZeneca are among the pharma and biotech companies still to report their third-quarter results. After Merck, Bristol-Myers, Lilly, Amgen, Novartis, Sanofi and others revealed their July-to-September performance, Scrip takes a look at what to expect in the weeks ahead.

Concerns about drug pricing have moved from the background and taken front-and-center status during recent third quarter earnings calls as biopharma CEOs make broad statements and answer pointed questions about the upcoming US election and negotiations with payers.

Payer pushback during contract talks has expanded beyond hepatitis C and diabetes to other large indications where treatments include pricey biologics and expensive new drugs. (Also see "3Q Pharma Results Preview: Novartis, Merck, Lilly, Bayer, GSK, Bristol, Amgen, Sanofi" - Scrip, 21 October, 2016.) Amgen Inc. revealed on Oct

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