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Pfizer's 2025 Impact Report Highlights Progress Across Patients, Planet, and Responsible Business
Here at Pfizer, we are in the business of breakthroughs, and while our focus is on making advancements that impact patients’ lives, we are also aware of our work’s broader impact on the world. Every year, we take stock of the impact our work has on the world, the environment, and people themselves in our Impact Report.The 2025 Impact Report provides an overview of Pfizer's priorities and goals related to responsible business growth, which are aimed at contributing to long-term value creation and...
Not Quite Out of the Woods: Risk for Lyme Disease Prevails in Suburban Environments
When many people think about places associated with tick exposure and risk for getting Lyme disease, they may picture a hike in the country or a camping trip in the woods. But encounters with infected ticks that can cause Lyme disease can happen doing routine activities around the yard, and common outdoor activities in your everyday life can put you at heightened risk for tick bites and, in turn, contracting Lyme disease.1Lyme disease is a bacterial infection transmitted to humans through a bite...
How Climate Change is Affecting the Spread of Lyme Disease—and 5 Things You Need to Know About the Disease
As the weather gets warmer, many of us will be spending more time outside, indulging in our favorite summer activities—and exposing ourselves to the elements, including a booming tick population. The incidence of Lyme disease has more than doubled over the last 24 years1 because populations of disease-carrying Ixodes ticks, better known as black-legged or deer ticks, have increased and expanded their ranges.2You don’t need to cancel summer adventures, but understanding ticks, the impact of...
2023 In Review
At Pfizer, we are working tirelessly to outdo yesterday by bringing new breakthroughs to patients around the globe in innovative ways. As we do this, it’s important that we take the time to reflect on both our challenges and our achievements. Every March, we share those reflections with the public via our Annual Review and Impact Report. In this year’s reports, we look at the numbers behind the breakthroughs and explore the tangible ways that we pushed science forward in service of patients...
How to Dispose of Unused Medicine Responsibly to Protect the Environment
Would it surprise you to learn that taking prescription medication is part of the daily routine for an estimated 60% of adults in the United States?1 Each prescription comes with extensive instructions about how to take the medication but offers little guidance on how to dispose of unused medicine. Responsible medication disposal is important. Improper disposal of unused or expired medications has the potential to result in pharmaceuticals getting into the environment.2 In fact, pharmaceuticals...
Five Ways Climate Change Impacts Our Health—and What We Can Do About It
It took a split second, recalls Louise Proud. Something in the air triggered an asthma attack in her 18-month-old daughter. The baby’s lips turned blue as Proud rushed her to the hospital in a panic. Thankfully, the healthcare team helped the child breathe normally, and she was back to herself quickly. But Proud’s sense of safety and stability didn’t snap back so readily. For her, it was a moment of realization about how the environment and health are intimately linked. Proud, who is Vice...
Green Chemistry: A More Sustainable Approach to Medicine Development
Credit: Getty Images In 1962, Rachel Carson galvanized public interest in the environmental effects of chemicals. Her book "Silent Spring" detailed how common pesticides were killing not only insects, but also birds, larger animals, and even humans.1 Chemicals are essential to so many products people rely on in their daily lives, from phones and cars to medications. But these items can be produced in ways that have fewer negative effects on the environment, human health, and society. Since the...
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