FILE - In this Thursday, April 19, 2012 file photo Nestle's CEO Paul Bulcke speaks during the general meeting of one of the world's leading food and beverage company, Nestle Group, in Lausanne, Switzerland. Nestle SA announced a deal Monday, April 23, 2012, to acquire Pfizer Inc.'s infant-nutrition business for US$11.85 billion in a bid to boost sales in emerging markets.
A Friday, March 2, 2012 photo shows the exterior of Pfizer in Groton, Conn. Pfizer Inc. said Tuesday, May 1, 2012, that its first-quarter profit fell 19 percent, mainly because new generic competition to its blockbuster cholesterol pill Lipitor cut U.S. sales by 15 percent as the drugmaker offered big rebates and discounts to keep patients on its brand.
Protesters demonstrate outside Pfizer Headquarters during an Occupy Wall Street 'Shut Down the Corporations' protest on February 29, 2012 in New York . Occupy movements across the country are holding protests in dozens of cities against corporate power. The two main targets in New York City are Bank of America and Pfizer.
People walk past the Pfizer World headquarters in New York in this February 3, 2010 file photo. Pfizer Inc reported sharply lower quarterly earnings, hurt by generic forms of its Lipitor cholesterol drug, and the company trimmed its 2012 forecasts because of negative effects of the stronger dollar. The world's biggest drugmaker, whose shares rose almost 1 percent in premarket trading, said on January 31, 2012 that it had earned $1.44 billion, or 19 cents per share, in the fourth quarter. Picture taken February 3, 2010.
SANDWICH, ENGLAND - AUGUST 17: The Pfizer Pharmaceutical company logo is displayed at Discovery Park, on August 17, 2011 in Sandwich, England. The government has announced today locations for several new 'enterprise zones' across the England including the park at Sandwhich, Kent. The 21 zones including Warrington, Cornwall, Gosport, Norfolk, Hereford, Kent and Oxfordshire will serve to boost economic growth and hopefully create 30,000 new jobs by 2015.
SANDWICH, ENGLAND - AUGUST 17: Chancellor George Osborne visits Pfizer's pharmaceutical science lab which is situated at Discovery Park, on August 17, 2011 in Sandwich, England. The government has announced today locations for several new 'enterprise zones' across the England including the park at Sandwhich, Kent. The 21 zones including Warrington, Cornwall, Gosport, Norfolk, Hereford, Kent and Oxfordshire will serve to boost economic growth and hopefully create 30,000 new jobs by 2015.
