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GE HealthCare (Nasdaq: GEHC) 4Q Net Down, Co Sees 2024 Organic Rev Growth

By Rob Curran GE HealthCare Technologies’ fourth-quarter net income fell 27% even as revenue rose, and the maker of medical machinery forecast growth in 2024 demand. The Silver Springs, Md., maker of magnetic-resonance imaging scanners and other health-care machines, posted fourth-quarter earnings of $403 million, down from $554 million a year earlier. Per-share earnings from continuing operations fell to 88 cents a share from $1.21 a share. Excluding certain one-off items, GE HealthCare posted adjusted earnings of $1.18 a share, topping the average Wall Street target of $1.07 a share, based on an analyst survey from FactSet. Fourth-quarter revenue rose 5% to $5.2 billion, also surpassing the mean analyst estimate $5.09 billion, as tallied by FactSet. Imaging revenue rose 4% to $2.8 billion. Revenue from pharmaceutical diagnostics surged 25% to $591 million. Ultrasound revenue ticked down 1% to $944 million. Revenue at the patient-care solutions unit rose 5% to $827

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Eli Lilly Q4 Adjusted Earnings, Revenue Advance; Issues 2024 Outlook; Shares Rise Pre-Bell

Eli Lilly (LLY) reported Q4 non-GAAP earnings Tuesday of $2.49 per share, up from $2.09 a year earlier. Analysts polled by Capital IQ expected $2.37. Revenue for the quarter ended Dec. 31 was $9.35 billion, up from $7.30 billion a year earlier. Analysts surveyed by Capital IQ expected $8.97 billion. The company said it expects fiscal 2024 non-GAAP EPS of $12.20 to $12.70 on revenue of $40.4 billion to $41.6 billion. Analysts surveyed by Capital IQ expect normalized EPS of $12.38 and revenue of $39.14 billion. Eli Lilly shares were up more than 4% in Tuesday pre-market activity.

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Eli Lilly Sales and Profits Soar As Demand For Mounjaro Continues — WSJ

By Peter Loftus Boundless demand for weight-loss and diabetes drugs fueled a sharp rise in Eli Lilly’s sales and profits–and the drugmaker still can’t make enough. Fourth-quarter sales of Lilly’s diabetes drug Mounjaro ( is also used off-label for weight loss–surged to $2.2 billion from $279 million a year earlier. The drug ( is on pace to soon become Lilly’s top-selling product, two years after its introduction. Lilly shares jumped 5% in pre-market trading Tuesday. Late last year Lilly introduced Zepbound ( which has the same ingredients as Mounjaro ( and is approved specifically for chronic weight management. In just a few weeks on the market in the fourth quarter, sales were $175.8 million. Like its rival Novo Nordisk, Eli Lilly is trying to expand its manufacturing capacity for these types of drugs. But Lilly said Tuesday it has experienced intermittent delays fulfilling orders for Mounjaro and an older diabetes

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Eli Lilly Company (NYSE: LLY) Reports Strong Fourth-Quarter 2023 Financial Results and Provides 2024 Guidance

Revenue in Q4 2023 increased 28%. New Products(i) revenue grew by $2.19 billion to $2.49 billion in Q4 2023, led by Mounjaro and Zepbound. Growth Products(ii) revenue increased 9% to $5.27 billion in Q4 2023, led by Verzenio and Jardiance. Pipeline progress included FDA approval of Zepbound for adults with obesity or overweight with weight-related comorbidities and Jaypirca for chronic lymphocytic leukemia or small lymphocytic lymphoma under the Accelerated Approval Program. Additional progress included positive results from SYNERGY-NASH, a Phase 2 study of tirzepatide in adults with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), also known as metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH). Business development activity included the completed acquisitions of POINT Biopharma Global Inc. and Mablink Biosciences SAS. Q4 2023 EPS increased 13% to $2.42 on a reported basis and increased 19% to $2.49 on a non-GAAP basis, both inclusive of $0.62 of acquired IPR&D charges. 2024 guidance issued with revenue in the range of $40.4 billion to

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Eli Lilly Company (NYSE: LLY) Stock Analyst Ratings

Eli Lilly Company (NYSE: LLY) Stock Analyst Ratings Date Upside/Downside Analyst Firm Price Target Change Rating Change Previous / Current Rating 02/05/2024 -10.95% Cantor Fitzgerald → $630 Reiterates Overweight → Overweight 02/01/2024 -10.95% Cantor Fitzgerald → $630 Reiterates Overweight → Overweight 01/24/2024 -1.05% Wells Fargo $650 → $700 Maintains Overweight 01/23/2024 -10.95% Cantor Fitzgerald → $630 Reiterates Overweight → Overweight 01/23/2024 -3.88% Barclays $630 → $680 Maintains Overweight 12/21/2023 -13.77% Daiwa Capital → $610 Downgrades Buy → Outperform 11/29/2023 -8.12% Truist Securities → $650 Reiterates Buy → Buy 11/20/2023 -10.95% Cantor Fitzgerald → $630 Reiterates Overweight → Overweight 11/17/2023 -10.95% Cantor Fitzgerald → $630 Reiterates Overweight → Overweight 11/15/2023 -10.95% Cantor Fitzgerald → $630 Reiterates Overweight → Overweight 11/09/2023 -24.37% Deutsche Bank → $535 Initiates Coverage On → Hold 11/08/2023 — JP Morgan Reiterates → Overweight 11/03/2023 2.06% Morgan Stanley $673 → $722 Maintains Overweight 10/23/2023 -4.58% Citigroup $525 →

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AbbVie Posts Revenue Beat as Humira Sales Tumble. Other Immunology Drugs Are Selling. — Barrons.com

By Angela Palumbo AbbVie beat revenue expectations for its fiscal fourth quarter and raised its long-term sales outlook for two of its biggest immunology drugs. Humira revenue slumped in the quarter, hit by competition. AbbVie posted fourth-quarter earnings of $2.79 a share, which were in line with analyst’s expectations but down from $3.60 a share last year. Revenue of $14.3 billion beat the consensus call for $14 billion but was down from last year’s $15.1 billion. “2024 is an exciting year for AbbVie, as we are well positioned to fully absorb Humira erosion and achieve modest operational revenue growth, followed by a return to robust growth in 2025,” Chief Executive Richard Gonzalez said in a press release. Sales in the company’s immunology portfolio — the portfolio that brings in the most revenue — fell 12% from last year as Humira faces biosimilar competition. Humira is a treatment of certain inflammatory

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Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) Stock Analyst Ratings

Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) Stock Analyst Ratings Date Upside/Downside Analyst Firm Price Target Change Rating Change Previous / Current Rating 01/31/2024 64.11% Cantor Fitzgerald → $45 Reiterates Overweight → Overweight 01/09/2024 64.11% Cantor Fitzgerald → $45 Reiterates Overweight → Overweight 01/04/2024 16.7% TD Cowen → $32 Downgrades Outperform → Market Perform 12/14/2023 31.29% Truist Securities $42 → $36 Maintains Buy 12/14/2023 -1.53% UBS $34 → $27 Maintains Neutral 12/14/2023 2.12% Barclays $34 → $28 Maintains Equal-Weight 12/04/2023 53.17% Truist Securities → $42 Reiterates Buy → Buy 11/20/2023 173.52% Cantor Fitzgerald → $75 Reiterates Overweight → Overweight 11/01/2023 24% Barclays $35 → $34 Maintains Equal-Weight 11/01/2023 34.94% Morgan Stanley $39 → $37 Maintains Equal-Weight 10/20/2023 24% UBS $36 → $34 Assumes Neutral → Neutral 10/17/2023 53.17% Truist Securities $62 → $42 Maintains Buy 10/17/2023 42.23% Morgan Stanley $40 → $39 Maintains Equal-Weight 10/17/2023 27.64% Wells Fargo $39 → $35 Maintains Equal-Weight 10/16/2023 20.35%

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Abbott Rolls Out Protein Shake Amid Weight Loss Drug Craze

Abbott Laboratories launches a high-protein shake to help people maintain muscle mass while pursuing weight loss, one of a wave of such products expected to come to market amid strong demand for new weight-loss drugs. Companies including Abbott and Nestle have said in recent months that they would develop companion products for people trying to shed pounds. Abbott’s shake, introduced under the company’s new Protality brand, is intended for adults who may have a hard time getting enough protein and other essential nutrients to support muscle mass while consuming fewer calories, the company says. Marketed in milk chocolate and vanilla flavors, it will be sold online and in stores like Walmart and Kroger, Abbott says.

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Pfizer (PFE) Q4 2023 Earnings Conference

Financial Performance: Pfizer recorded full-year 2023 revenues of $58.5 billion with 7% operational growth, despite a 41% operational decrease YoY largely due to sales declines in COVID products. Full-year 2023 diluted EPS was $0.37, demonstrating a 93% YoY decline, with adjusted diluted earnings per share at $1.84, down 72% YoY. Pfizer returned $9.2 billion to shareholders via dividends, invested $10.7 billion in R&D, and completed business development transactions worth approximately $44 billion. Q4 saw an operational revenue growth of 8% YoY excluding COVID products, despite an overall revenue decline of 42% driven by lower sales of COVID products. Total company full-year ’24 revenues are expected to range between $58.5 billion and $61.5 billion, with expected operational revenue growth of 8%-10% excluding Comirnaty and Paxlovid. The expected adjusted diluted earnings per share for full-year 2024 range from $2.05 to $2.25. Business Progress: The acquisition of Seagen has doubled Pfizer’s oncology research

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