Pfizer Inc. is a Humankind 100 company whose ranking is based on its Humankind Value, a proprietary metric that provides an estimate of the overall dollar amount a company creates for investors, consumers, employees, and society at large.
Pfizer Inc. is a pharmaceutical and biotechnology company that produces medicines and vaccines. Its medications treat heart disease, cholesterol, depression and other mental health disorders, Leukemia, pain and inflammation, infections, and more. It developed the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, a widely distributed vaccine against COVID-19. Pfizer’s research pursues scientific breakthroughs, and its medicines aim to create a healthier world for everyone.
(All values are in US Dollars, where M=Million, B=Billion, T=Trillion.)
Notable sources of Pfizer’s positive Humankind value are Healthcare R&D ($472.0 B), Pharmaceuticals ($185.8 B), and Economic Value ($19.6 B). Pharmaceutical R&D is one of the most important sources of gains to human life expectancy. The company produces economic value by offering to consumers goods and services that they value, paying employees for their labor in producing these goods and services, and providing value for shareholders. Pfizer is our top company in Healthcare R&D and is in the top ten for Pharmaceuticals out of every company we have analyzed. The value associated with Healthcare R&D and Pharmaceuticals contains our estimation of 13,649,034.6 additional years lived by people worldwide. Downsides for this company are its contribution to Greenhouse Gases (-$3.9 B) and Air Pollution (-$782.6 M). Healthcare R&D, Pharmaceuticals, Economic Value, Greenhouse Gases, and Air Pollution scores for this company are a result of its direct business activities.