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Pfizer Legal Practice Groups

Intellectual Property

We define, secure and enforce strong intellectual property to protect Pfizer's investments in Research and Development. In so doing, we are an integral part of the company's long-term success in creating and marketing innovative life-enhancing products.

Mission Statement

To be global intellectual property leadersýeffectively and consistently translating Pfizer's successes into property that maximizes the value of the company's investment.

Our Expertise

Patent and trademark attorneys, with a depth of professional and scientific expertise, business experience in the pharmaceutical industry and a global perspective.

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Corporate Compliance

The Corporate Compliance Group builds and protects Pfizer's integrity, minimizes certain liability risks and facilitates the effective defense of Pfizer's interests in the event of litigation or administrative/regulatory inquiries.

Mission Statement

The Corporate Compliance Group fosters a culture of compliance by modeling Pfizer's Leader Behaviors and Values (with an emphasis on Integrity); providing colleagues with training to enhance their understanding and appreciation of the importance of compliance; developing and maintaining policies, procedures and systems to support colleagues and trusted business partners in choosing compliance for competitive advantage; timely, fairly and rigorously investigating alleged instances of non-compliance; supporting the fair and impartial administration of discipline; thoughtfully evaluating our failures and our successes to derive lessons learned and best practices; disseminating our learnings throughout the organization and embedding them in enhanced policies, procedures, systems, etc.

Our Expertise

Code of Business Conduct, US Healthcare Law Compliance, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, Development of Policies and Procedures, Compliance Process Development and Enhancement, Interviews, Investigations, Multidisciplinary Team Management.

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Business Transactions & Antitrust

This group supports the Legal Division's antitrust and transactional needs.

Mission Statement

Our mission is to counsel and partner with our clients to provide prudent advice and execute on their proposed business transactions, including transactions involving mergers and acquisitions, licensing and development, financial agreements and inter-company restructurings, as well as to provide advice on all antitrust matters, to best achieve corporate objectives. We carry out this mission by giving such advice and by drafting, negotiating and finalizing agreements with third parties and between affiliates in a manner that is effective and with the highest ethical standards.

Our Expertise

Negotiation, drafting and execution of complex licensing & development transactions and acquisitions & divestitures of businesses and corporations. Support for Treasury transactions, loans, derivatives and structured financial transactions. Support for cross-border corporate reorganizations. Counsel on all aspects of transactions on a global basis. Coordination of multidisciplinary teams from both within and outside Pfizer.

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Regulatory Law & Compliance

Regulatory Law & Compliance is responsible for corporate oversight of compliance with laws and regulations related to GXP (i.e., GCP, GLP and GMP) and environment, health and safety.

Our Expertise

Regulatory Law & Compliance is responsible for corporate oversight of compliance with laws and regulations related to environmental and health and safety (EHS) and GXP (i.e., Good Clinical Practices (GCP), Good Laboratory Practices, and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs).

Regulatory Law & Compliance is comprised of the following groups:

• Environmental, Health, and Safety-Legal (EHS-Legal)
  • Provides regulatory counseling, compliance assurance, and product support related to Federal, State, and Local environmental and health and safety laws. Provides counseling on commercial transactions and property transfers, EHS liability management, and remediation.
• Corporate Environmental, Health, and Safety (CEHS)
  • Provides strategic direction, compliance assurance, and technical support to Pfizer's global EHS program.
• Corporate Quality Assurance (CQA)
  • Provides quality oversight of the manufacturing and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP)-related business units of Pfizer.
• Regulatory Law
  • Provides regulatory counseling, compliance assurance, and product support related to food, drug, and cosmetic law.
• Research Quality Assurance (RQA)
  • Provides independent quality oversight & regulatory reviews of non-clinical studies and supporting processes and procedures for the human, animal and consumer health businesses.

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Litigation

The Litigation Group's mission is to help Pfizer anticipate and respond to challenges and opportunities critical to the company's mission, and to preserve and reinforce Pfizer's values.

Our Expertise

• Products Litigation, including Consumer Fraud
• Commercial Litigation, including Pricing, Lanham Act and Breach of Contract
• Government Investigation
• Antitrust Litigation
• Premises Liability
• Construction Liability
• Diversion Actions
• Securities Litigation
• Insurance Litigation
• Litigation Support
• Civil Justice Reform

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Employment Law

The Employment Law Group's role is to: provide advice and counsel to line management and HR in all aspects of employment law and employee benefit and plan administration matters; manage employment and employee benefit litigation, claims, and government inquiries; provide guidance on employment.

Mission Statement

We proactively partner with line management, human resources, and other specialists to ensure that employment-related issues are handled in a manner consistent with Pfizer policy, values and the law. We protect the Company from liability with respect to employment and benefit-related claims; ensure compliance with all applicable employment and employee benefit laws and regulations; counsel and advise management and human resource representatives on the legal implications of HR policy interpretation, employee benefit issues, and other matters that affect employment generally; address and resolve, claims asserted by employees, former employees and others outside the Company; and develop, teach and participate in employee, HR and manager training programs.

Our Expertise

In addition to directly coordinating all of the Company's employment and employee benefit-related litigation and administrative claims, audits and inquiries pending before government agencies, we support line management and human resources in the areas of employment law, employee benefits, employment compliance and immigration.

Areas of expertise include:

• ADA Issues
• Affirmative Action Planning and Compliance
• Background Verification
• Benefit Plan Administration
• Disability Management
• Discipline
• Discrimination and EEO Issues
• HR Policy Application/Interpretation
• FMLA and other Leave Issues
• Immigration Law and Procedure
• Labor Relations
• Performance Management
• Sexual Harassment
• Substance Abuse Issues
• Restructurings
• Terminations
• Wage & Hour Law
• Whistleblower Laws

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