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FILE- In this Thursday, July 12, 2012, file photo, Centrum multivitamins are shown on the packaging line at the Pfizer plant in Montreal. Pfizer Inc.'s second-quarter net income jumped 25 percent as sharply lower costs for production, marketing and restructuring more than offset a plunge in revenue from cholesterol fighter Lipitor caused by generic competition. The Viagra maker said Tuesday, July 31, 2012, that net income was $3.25 billion, or 43 cents per share, up from $2.61 billion, or 33 cents per share, a year earlier.

FILE- In this Thursday, July 12, 2012, file photo, Centrum multivitamins are shown on the packaging line at the Pfizer plant in Montreal. Pfizer Inc.'s second-quarter net income jumped 25 percent as sharply lower costs for production, marketing and restructuring more than offset a plunge in revenue from cholesterol fighter Lipitor caused by generic competition. The Viagra maker said Tuesday, July 31, 2012, that net income was $3.25 billion, or 43 cents per share, up from $2.61 billion, or 33 cents per share, a year earlier.