Pfizer

About

Pfizer Inc. ( FY-zər) is an American multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology corporation headquartered at The Spiral in Manhattan, New York City. Founded in 1849 in New York by German entrepreneurs Charles Pfizer and Charles F. Erhart, Pfizer is one of the oldest pharmaceutical companies in North America.

Pfizer develops and produces medication and vaccines for immunology, oncology, cardiology, endocrinology, and neurology. The company's largest products by sales are Eliquis (apixaban) ($7.9 billion in 2025 revenues, 13% of total revenues), Prevnar (a pneumococcal conjugate vaccine) ($6.5 billion in 2025 revenues, 10% of total revenues), Paxlovid (Nirmatrelvir/ritonavir) ($2.4 billion in 2025 revenues, 4% of total revenues), Vyndaqel (tafamidis) ($6.4 billion in 2025 revenues, 10% of total revenues), Comirnaty (the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine) ($4.4 billion in 2025 revenues, 7% of total revenues), and Ibrance (palbociclib) ($4.1 billion in 2025 revenues, 7% of total revenues). In 2025, 59% of the company's revenues came from the United States, 5% came from China, and 36% came from other countries.