2012

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Our Business

Our mission is to apply science and our global resources to improve health and well-being at every stage of life. We strive to set the standard for quality, safety and value in the discovery, development and manufacturing of medicines for people and animals. Our diversified global healthcare portfolio includes human and animal biologic and small molecule medicines and vaccines, as well as many of the world’s best- known consumer products. Every day, we work across developed and emerging markets to advance wellness, prevention, treatments and cures that challenge the most feared diseases of our time. We also collaborate with healthcare providers, governments and local communities to support and expand access to reliable, affordable healthcare around the world. Our revenues are derived from the sale of our products, as well as through alliance agreements, under which we co-promote products discovered by other companies (Alliance revenues).

The majority of our revenues come from the manufacture and sale of biopharmaceutical products. The biopharmaceutical industry is highly competitive and we face a number of industry-specific challenges, which can significantly impact our results. These factors include, among others: the loss or expiration of intellectual property rights, the regulatory environment and pipeline productivity, pricing and access pressures, and increasing competition among branded products. (For more information about these challenges, see the “Our Operating Environment” section of this Financial Review.)

The financial information included in our consolidated financial statements for our subsidiaries operating outside the United States (U.S.) is as of and for the year ended November 30 for each year presented.

References to developed markets include the U.S., Western Europe, Japan, Canada, Australia, Scandinavia, South Korea, Finland and New Zealand; and references to Emerging Markets include the rest of the world, including, among other countries, China, Brazil, Mexico, Turkey, Russia and India.

On February 6, 2013, an initial public offering (IPO) of our subsidiary, Zoetis Inc. (Zoetis), was completed, pursuant to which we sold 99.015 million shares of Zoetis in exchange for the retirement of approximately $2.5 billion of Pfizer commercial paper issued on January 10, 2013. The IPO represented approximately 19.8% of the total outstanding Zoetis shares. On February 1, 2013, Zoetis shares began trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "ZTS." Prior to and in connection with the IPO, Zoetis completed a $3.65 billion senior notes offering and we transferred to Zoetis substantially all of the assets and liabilities of our Animal Health business. (For additional information, see Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements––Note 19A. Subsequent Events: Zoetis Debt Offering and Initial Public Offering.)

On November 30, 2012, we completed the sale of our Nutrition business to Nestlé for $11.85 billion in cash and recognized a gain of approximately $4.8 billion, net of tax, in Gain/(loss) on sale of discontinued