Stock Report: Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. (BMY) Report Updated: Nov 16, 2009  |  Print This Page

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (BMS) engages in the discovery, development, licensing, manufacture, marketing, distribution, and sale of pharmaceuticals and nutritional products worldwide. It operates in two segments, Pharmaceuticals and Nutritionals. The Pharmaceuticals segment offers cardiovascular products, including PLAVIX, AVAPRO/AVALIDE, and PRAVACHOL; virology products comprising REYATAZ, SUSTIVA, and BARACLUDE; oncology products comprising ERBITUX, TAXOL, SPRYCEL, and IXEMPRA; affective and other psychiatric disorder products, such as ABILIFY; immunoscience products comprising ORENCIA; and other pharmaceutical products that include EFFERALGAN, ASPIRINE UPSA, DAFALGAN, and FERVEX. It sells its pharmaceutical products to wholesalers, distributors, retailers, hospitals, clinics, government agencies, and pharmacies. The Nutritionals segment manufactures, markets, distributes, and sells infant formulas and other nutritional products comprising ENFAMIL products that contain nutrients, such as docosahexaenoic and arachidonic acids. The company is also developing various compounds, which are in phase III clinical trials, including Apixaban, Saxagliptin, Dapagliflozin, Ipilimumab, Belatacept, XL-184, Tanespimycin, and Brivanib. In addition, it develops a therapeutic class of biologics called ADNECTINS. BMS has agreements with Sanofi-Aventis; Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.; ImClone Systems Incorporated; Gilead Sciences, Inc.; Medarex, Inc.; and AstraZeneca PLC, as well as collaborations with Pfizer Inc.; Exelixis, Inc.; and KineMed Inc. It also has an agreement with PDL BioPharma, Inc. for the development and commercialization of anti-CS1 antibody and elotuzumab for multiple myeloma; and a strategic alliance with Ensemble Discovery Corporation. The company was formerly known as Bristol-Myers Company and changed its name to Bristol-Myers Squibb Company in 1989. Bristol-Myers Squibb Company was founded in 1887 and is headquartered in New York, New York.