Pfizer Is Changed ‘Forever’ By COVID-19; Revenue Forecast Hits Triple Digits

The company could reach $100bn in revenues in 2022 for the first time, powered by Comirnaty and Paxlovid; actual sales for the COVID-19 products are likely to go higher based on supply contracts.

New York, July 19, 2016: Corporate lettering on the exterior of the Pfizer headquarters in Manhattan.
Pfizer has been reshaped by COVID-19 vaccines and therapeutics • Source: Alamy

Pfizer Inc.'s revenues could reach triple digits for the first time in 2022, with management guiding investors that revenues could reach more than $100bn, powered by staggering sales of the COVID-19 vaccine Comirnaty and the antiviral Paxlovid (nirmatrelvir/ritonavir).

The sheer volume of revenues from the sale of those two products have reshaped Pfizer – and suddenly. The change...

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