Bristol’s New Launches Hit Reality As New Product Portfolio Forecast Is Revised

With slower than expected sales of some newer products, Bristol lowered mid-term guidance for its new product portfolio and extended the timeline for reaching the goal to 2026. 

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Bristol Myers Squibb Company has a lot riding on several new product launches that are expected to help the company through a challenging period of patent expirations, but the company’s third quarter sales and earnings report on 26 October revealed that some cracks in the plan are beginning to surface.

The primary stressors are generic competition to Revlimid (lenalidomide), a step-down in Eliquis (apixaban) pricing due to it being one of the drugs selected for the first round of Medicare price

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