BMS Focuses On Driving Future Growth As Revlimid Generic Launches Near

Opdivo, Eliquis Rise From Year-Ago Quarter, But Down From Q2

New product sales doubled from $161m in the first quarter to $344m in Q3 and the R&D pipeline advancing as planned ahead of generic competition for Revlimid, which will begin to launch in 2022.

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Total third quarter revenue of $11.6bn was up 10% from Q3 2020 • Source: Alamy

Bristol Myers Squibb Company reported $11.6bn in third quarter revenue that exceeded analyst consensus on 27 October, driven in part by newer product sales, which more than doubled from Q1 to Q3. The company, under pressure to produce significant revenue growth before mega-blockbuster Revlimid (lenalidomide) begins to face loss of exclusivity next year, also largely has seen success in its research and development pipeline since acquiring Celgene Corporation at the end of 2019 despite some initial stumbles.

Volume-limited Revlimid generics will begin to launch in the US in 2022 along with generics in some ex-US markets. The...

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