Pfizer's Core Leaders Outline Drive To Downsize In U.S., Europe While Expanding In BRIC Countries Including China
This article was originally published in PharmAsia News
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BEIJING - The core leaders of one of the globe's top pharmaceutical players - Pfizer Inc - told shareholders this week that they would push forward with a worldwide operation to reduce costs by downsizing in the West while ramping up sales forces in China and the other BRIC emerging markets
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