Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies

9 Months Ended

Sep. 28, 2025

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies

A. Basis of Presentation

We prepared these condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP, consistent in all material respects with those applied in our 2024 Form 10-K. As permitted under the SEC requirements for interim reporting, certain footnotes or other financial information have been condensed or omitted.

These financial statements include all normal and recurring adjustments that are considered necessary for the fair statement of results for the interim periods presented. The information included in this Form 10-Q should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes included in our 2024 Form 10-K. Revenues, expenses, assets and liabilities can vary during each quarter of the year. Therefore, the results and trends in these interim financial statements may not be representative of those for the full year.

Pfizer’s fiscal quarter-end for subsidiaries operating outside the U.S. is as of and for the three and nine months ended August 24, 2025 and August 25, 2024, and for U.S. subsidiaries is as of and for the three and nine months ended September 28, 2025 and September 29, 2024.

We manage our commercial operations through three operating segments, each led by a single manager: Biopharma, PC1 and Pfizer Ignite. Biopharma is the only reportable segment. See Note 13A.

B. New Accounting Standard Adopted in 2025

In the third quarter of 2025, we early adopted a new accounting standard which adds a scope exception to exclude from derivative accounting non-exchange-traded contracts with variables (referred to as “underlyings”) that are based on operations or activities specific to one of the parties to the contract. This new scope exception may apply to certain R&D funding arrangements. When adopted early in an interim reporting period, application of the standard is required as of the beginning of the current annual reporting period. We had no contracts or embedded features that were accounted for as derivatives but are no longer accounted for as derivatives as a result of applying the new standard. The adoption of this new accounting standard had no impact to our condensed consolidated financial statements.

C. Revenues and Trade Accounts Receivable


Deductions from Revenues––Our accruals for Medicare, Medicaid and related state program and performance-based contract rebates, chargebacks, sales allowances and sales returns and cash discounts are as follows:
(MILLIONS)	September 28, 2025		December 31, 2024
Reserve against Trade accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts	$	2,148	$	1,627
Other current liabilities:
Accrued rebates	9,157		7,195
Other accruals	625		972
Other noncurrent liabilities	1,009		1,029
Total accrued rebates and other sales-related accruals	$	12,940	$	10,822

Trade Accounts Receivable––Trade accounts receivable are stated at their net realizable value. The allowance for credit losses reflects our best estimate of expected credit losses of the receivables portfolio determined on the basis of historical experience, current information, and forecasts of future economic conditions. In developing the estimate for expected credit losses, trade accounts receivables are segmented into pools of assets depending on market, delinquency status, and customer type (high risk versus low risk and government versus non-government), and reserve percentages are established for each pool of trade accounts receivables.

In determining the reserve percentages for each pool of trade accounts receivables, we considered our historical experience with certain customers and customer types, regulatory and legal environments, country and political risk, and other relevant current and future forecasted macroeconomic factors. When management becomes aware of certain customer-specific factors that impact credit risk, specific allowances for these known troubled accounts are recorded.

During the three and nine months ended September 28, 2025 and September 29, 2024, additions to the allowance for credit losses, write-offs and recoveries of customer receivables were not material to our condensed consolidated financial statements.

For additional information on our trade accounts receivable, see Note 1G in our 2024 Form 10-K.