Earnings call briefSecond-quarter 2026

Pfizer expects about $2.5 billion in added net cost savings, 2027 to 2029

The total includes $1 billion from technology and simplification efforts and approximately $1.5 billion from the next manufacturing phase.

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Pfizer said on its second-quarter call it now expects $1 billion in additional net cost savings from technology and simplification efforts to reduce SI&A cost. Pfizer also said its next manufacturing optimization phase is designed to reduce cost of goods sold and deliver approximately $1.5 billion in additional net cost savings. It said it expects to begin realizing a portion of that saving in 2027.

Quotes from the call

“We now expect $1 billion of additional net cost savings from our productivity enhancement from technology and simplification efforts designed to further reduce SI&A cost.”

Cecile Guegan, Incoming Interim CFO

“Separately, the next phase of our multiyear manufacturing optimization program is designed to reduce cost of goods sold and deliver approximately $1.5 billion in additional net cost savings, and we expect to begin realizing a portion of this saving in 2027.”

Cecile Guegan, Incoming Interim CFO

Key facts from the call

Company's expected additional net cost savings, 2027 through 2029
About $2.5 billion
Company's revised 2026 COVID-19 revenues
About $4 billion, down from $5 billion

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Source: Pfizer's second-quarter 2026 earnings call, August 4, 2026.

Written by GetSignal with AI from the company's earnings call.

Not investment advice.

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