Wyeth's fall in Q4 profits led by hormone drug

US pharmaceutical giant has reported a drop in fourth quarter profits, due to a slump in sales of the company’s Premarin hormone replacement drugs after they were linked with breast cancer and heart attacks.

Wyeth's fall in Q4 profits led by hormone drug

US pharmaceutical giant has reported a drop in fourth quarter profits, due to a slump in sales of the company’s Premarin hormone replacement drugs after they were linked with breast cancer and heart attacks.

The company's fourth quarter profits fell to $335m (€262m) from $1.57bn (€1.2bn) a year earlier.

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