Bristol-Myers Squibb reports strong financial results for 2017

Bristol-Myers Squibb has announced its financial results for 2017, during which it generated full-year revenues of $20.8 billion (GBP 14.97 billion).

This represented a year-on-year increase of seven percent, with fourth-quarter revenues of $5.4 billion – up by four percent on Q4 2016 – contributing strongly to this performance.

During the year, the company achieved robust sales for key products such as Opdivo and Eliquis, while reporting a number of important clinical and regulatory milestones in its oncology programme.

In particular, the firm's Opdivo plus Yervoy combination was accepted for US and EU review as a treatment for renal cell carcinoma, with Opdivo studies also showing its effectiveness in the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer and resected melanoma.

For 2018, the company expects its worldwide revenues to increase in the low to mid-single-digit range.

Dr Giovanni Caforio, chairman and chief executive officer of Bristol-Myers Squibb, said: "I am proud of our results in 2017, with sales growth driven by strong commercial performance of our prioritised brands and important scientific advances we are making across our pipeline."

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