By Matt Grossman

 

Pfizer Inc. on Tuesday raised its full-year revenue and earnings guidance, citing a higher estimate of sales of its Covid-19 vaccine.

Pfizer now expects full-year revenue of $70.5 billion to $72.5 billion, compared with previous guidance for revenue of $59.4 billion to $61.4 billion.

The company forecast a full-year adjusted profit of $3.55 a share to $3.65 a share. It had previously said it expected an adjusted profit of $3.10 a share to $3.20 a share.

Pfizer expects its Covid-19 vaccine developed with BioNTech SE to generate revenue of about $26 billion in the year. It had previously guided for revenue of about $15 billion from the shot.

 

Write to Matt Grossman at matt.grossman@wsj.com

 

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

May 04, 2021 07:21 ET (11:21 GMT)

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