Pzifer’s Second Quarter Net Income Shows Large Gain, More Than Doubles

CHICAGO — JULY 23: Lipitor tablets sit in a tray at a Pharmacy July 23, 2008 in Chicago, Illinois. Pfizer, the world’s biggest drug maker and manufacturer of the cholesterol drug Lipitor, said today its second quarter profit rose to $2.78 billion. Lipitor is the world’s top-selling drug. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)