Pfizer, based in New York, had sales last year of forty-eight billion dollars. 辉瑞制药位于纽约,去年的销售收入为 480 亿美元。
A Pfizer division, Pharmacia & Upjohn, agreed to plead guilty to a criminal violation over the painkiller Bextra. 保健。大的制药公司业已同意,支付辉瑞制药一个事业部 ( 法玛西亚-普强公司 ), 就止痛药伐地考昔的违犯刑法承认有罪。
Pfizer pushed sales of Bextra for several uses unapproved by the government because of safety concerns. It also pushed for use in unapproved amounts. 辉瑞制药还强行促销伐地考昔因安全因素而未被美国政府批准的几个用途。
Pfizer withdrew Bextra from the market in two thousand five because of links to heart attacks and other problems. 辉瑞制药在 2005 年因与心脏病及其它问题有关而从市场撤回伐地考昔。
Pfizer also faced civil charges over Bextra as well as an anti-psychotic drug, Geodon; an antibiotic, Zyvox; and an anti-epilepsy drug, Lyrica. 辉瑞制药也面临 伐地考昔以及抗精神病药 ( 吉尔登 ) 、抗生素 ( 斯沃 ) 及抗癫痫药 ( 利痛抑 ) 的多项民事指控。