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Pfizer’s patent cliff

The 5 drugs tracked here made $27.1B of Pfizer’s 2025 revenue (43%) and lose US exclusivity by 2035. Since 2023, Pfizer has closed 2 acquisitions of $1B or more, worth $51.0B in total. Products from those deals brought in $3.46B in 2025.

Losing US exclusivity by 2030
$14.3B23% of 2025 revenue
By 2037
$27.1B43% of $62.6B
Acquisitions since 2023
$51.0B2 deals of $1B or more
2025 sales from acquired products
$3.46BPadcev, Adcetris, Tukysa and Tivdak
Bought with an approved product
1 of 2Seagen

2025 revenue losing US exclusivity, by year

2027–20302031–2037
0%25%50%75%100%
2027
10%$6.3B · Ibrance, Xtandi
2028
13%$8.0B · Eliquis
2031
10%$6.4B · Vyndaqel
2035
10%$6.5B · Prevnar 20

Bars are each drug's 2025 sales as a share of Pfizer’s total revenue ($62.6B). Eliquis and Xtandi are Pfizer's reported alliance and product revenue ($8.0B, $2.2B). Only drugs tracked here are counted, so full exposure can be higher. Tap a bar for the drug's page.

Acquisitions since 2023

ClosedCompany boughtValueAreaWhat it broughtAt closing
Dec 2023 SeagenSeagen 8-K, December 2023 $43.0B Oncology Four approved cancer drugs (Padcev, Adcetris, Tivdak, Tukysa) and an antibody-drug conjugate pipelineEnterprise value.2025 sales: Padcev $1.94B, Adcetris $907M, Tukysa $463M, Tivdak $147M Pfizer FY2025 Approved product
Nov 2025 MetseraPfizer 10-Q, Q2 2026 $8.0B Cardiometabolic Injectable and oral obesity drugs in clinical trialsPfizer's reported value, including $0.6B for CVRs that could pay up to $2.3B. Pipeline only
2 counted$51.0B

Acquisitions of whole companies closed since January 2023 with a headline price of $1B or more. Values are the price Pfizer announced, excluding milestone payments unless noted. Licensing deals are not included. Compare all 65 deals →

Losing vs buying, by area

AreaAt risk by 2037Acquisitions since 2023
Oncology$6.3B$43.0B
Cardiometabolic$14.3B$8.0B
Vaccines$6.5B–

Pfizer has the most revenue at risk in cardiometabolic, but has spent the most on acquisitions in oncology. At risk is 2025 sales of tracked drugs losing US exclusivity by 2037; acquisitions are the headline value of counted deals closed since 2023.

How to read this

The two figures measure different things. Revenue at risk is what the drugs earned in 2025. A deal's value is what Pfizer paid, not the sales it will bring in. Only one of the 2 companies it bought was already selling an approved product at closing (Seagen); the rest brought pipeline drugs whose sales are years away and may never arrive. The closest like-for-like figure is sales of the products Pfizer bought: $3.46B in 2025, against $27.1B of 2025 sales losing US exclusivity by 2037. So this page shows the figures side by side rather than claiming how much of the gap the deals fill.

Sources

Revenue: Pfizer FY2025. Drug sales and dates are sourced on each drug's page; each deal links to Pfizer’s announcement or filing in the table above.

See all 63 drugs on the patent cliff →

What changed for Pfizer

  1. Date pushed back · 2028 → 2031
    Settlements push Vyndamax's US generic entry to June 2031

    Pfizer settled with Dexcel, Hikma and Cipla, extending the effective US patent expiry to 1 June 2031, subject to a case against Apotex. Pfizer had expected US sales to fall from 2029. Pfizer Q1 2026 results

  2. Copies in the works
    FDA approves Sandoz's generic Xtandi tablets

    Launch still waits on patents: the last listed Xtandi patent expires in August 2027. FDA Orange Book

  3. Medicare price
    Medicare prices set for Ozempic, Pomalyst, Ibrance and Xtandi

    From 2027: Ozempic 71%, Pomalyst 60%, Ibrance 50% and Xtandi 48% below list price. CMS

  4. Medicare price
    First Medicare prices set, including Eliquis, Farxiga, Entresto, Enbrel and Stelara

    From 2026: Farxiga 68%, Enbrel 67%, Stelara 66%, Eliquis 56% and Entresto 53% below list price. CMS

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