Pfizer quarterly net soars on consumer unit's sale

11:41 am ET Jan 22, 2007

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Pfizer quarterly net soars on consumer unit's sale

Pfizer Inc. reported a sharp increase in fourth-quarter profit early
Monday, due largely to the sale of its consumer-products division last
year for $16.6 billion to rival Johnson & Johnson.