Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) has announced plans to move forward to internally separate its commercial operations into three business segments, two of which will include Innovative business lines and a third which will include the Value business line. Each of the three segments will include developed markets and emerging markets.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE:BMY) and Samsung BioLogics today announced the companies have entered into a 10-year agreement under which Samsung BioLogics will manufacture a commercial antibody cancer drug for Bristol-Myers Squibb at its recently completed plant in Songdo Incheon, South Korea.

The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) and the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA) have published new commitments for responsible data sharing practices by biopharmaceutical companies. The new commitments are designed to expand access to clinical trial data and advance science.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE: BMY) today reported results for the second quarter of 2013 highlighted by the resubmission of Forxiga in the U.S., the completion of regulatory filings for Eliquis and Metreleptin in the U.S., and the presentation of important data from its immuno-oncology franchise at ASCO, for Orencia® at EULAR and for Eliquis at ISTH.

AstraZeneca and Bristol-Myers Squibb today announced they have resubmitted to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), a New Drug Application (NDA) for dapagliflozin for the treatment of adults with type 2 diabetes. The NDA resubmission, which is pending acceptance by the FDA, includes several new studies and additional long-term data (up to four years' duration) from previously submitted studies.

Group net sales increased 1% (+3% cc) to USD 14.5 billion in the second quarter, with all divisions contributing to growth in constant currencies. Currency had a negative impact of 2 percentage points mainly from the weakening yen. Excluding the impact of patent expiries, underlying sales grew 8% in constant currencies.

Published in the European Journal of Heart Failure1, results from a new sub-analysis of the RE-LY®* trial demonstrate important benefits of Pradaxa® (dabigatran etexilate) over warfarin in difficult-to-treat patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation (AF) and previous symptomatic heart failure (HF).