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Pfizer's recent sale could help in hunt for new drugs - Jul. 17, 2006

Pfizer (down $0.01 to $22.41, Charts) is launching Exubera, the first inhalable from of insulin, and some analysts believe it could someday total $1 billion in annual sales. That's good news, right? But Pfizer's stock price is down 4 percent year-to-date, despite a rally early in 2006, and analysts project only slight growth when the New York-based drug giant reports second quarter earnings on Thursday. Analyst consensus expects 2 percent sales growth for the second quarter, with 4 percent earnings-per-share growth, according to Thomson Financial. "They're sort of in a trough right now where it's very difficult to grow," said Jon LeCroy, analyst for Natexis Bleichroeder.

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Directorate General for Health & Consumers - Consumers - Behavioural economics

Application Behavioural economics may be applied to any policy where individuals' response to it helps determine its effectiveness. People's behaviour is often "short-sighted" when it comes to sustainable consumption or health, for example. More often than not, people tend to downplay the future benefits of today's good habits. Behavioural insights could be applied to design better labelling and understand information processing. Behavioural economics and policy Understanding the reasons underpinning people's behaviour is essential for policy-making.

Education or information campaigns may help if people's behaviour is caused by lack of knowledge or information. If people's choices result from behavioural traits, taking biases into account when designing policy may be more effective e.g. DG Health & Consumers and behavioural economics We are incorporating behavioural economics in our policy work: U S Food and Drug Administration Home Page.

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