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Despite recession, Americans spent $53 bn last year on pets
23 Feb 2013
Unable to find a job, an owner even went to the extent of selling his home to raise money to continue to be able to keep caring for his pets
China clears Nestle’s $11.85-bn deal for Pfizer's baby food business
03 Nov 2012
Pfizer's nutrition business is the world's fifth-largest in the infant milk formula market behind Nestle, Mead Johnson, Danone and Abbott Laboratories
Pfizer files IPO for animal health unit Zoetis Inc
14 Aug 2012
Pfizer yesterday filed for an initial public offering (IPO) for its animal health unit Zoetis Inc, as part of its plan to pay off debt and focus on its core busines
Pfizer prepares IPO for its animal healthcare unit
08 Jun 2012
The world’s largest drugmaker, Pfizer Inc, yesterday said that it is preparing to float part of its animal healthcare unit, as it plans to focus on its pharmaceuticals business
Nestle close to buying Pfizer’s infant nutrition business for $9 billion
18 Apr 2012
Pfizer acquired the infant-nutrition division in its $68-billion takeover of Wyeth in 2009, and since early July 2011, has been planning to divst it and focus on its core biopharmaceutical products
Pfizer terminates $350-mn insulin marketing deal with Biocon
13 Mar 2012
In a surprise move, US drug giant Pfizer Inc, today called off an insulin distribution agreement with Biocon to sell the Bangalore-based company’s biosimilar versions of the drug in key global markets including the US
Pfizer recalls 1 million birth-control pills
01 Feb 2012
Pfizer to settle bribery charges with US government: report
21 Nov 2011
Pfizer Inc will pay more than $60 million to settle allegations by the US government that the world's largest drugmaker paid bribes to win overseas business
Pfizer, Ranbaxy sued over Lipitor price fixing in the US
10 Nov 2011
Pfizer and Ranbaxy have been sued for holding back a generic version of Pfizer’s cholesterol-lowering drug Lipitor in the US and then fixing its price.
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