JohnLL

Surprise, Pfizer Study Says Lipitor Beats Generic Zocor

Making statements like in the last paragraph of this article is irresponsible. While MH may want to justify this action as appropriate to a 'blog', nevertheless, the identical same article was published by CNBC where MH is writing as a reporter and analyst, not as a blogger. He also gave an on-air report where he referenced this article for further reading regarding his conclusion that the study published by Mayo was somehow contradicted by JAMA. I think it is about time for CNBC to fire him. We can't be reading every day an analyst reports from someone with an axe to grind against Pfizer or some undisclosed agenda for constant bashing.

Is Pfizer's Viagra Suffering with the Economy?

I think you are looking too hard for negatives to justify your job. Specific to your comment, generally YoY results are more meaningful than comparing random quarters. There may be some seasonality to Viagra results, or a random quarter may have been news driven (i.e., blindness news scare) which is relatively short lived.