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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K

ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004

Commission File Number 1-1136

BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

345 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10154

(Address of principal executive offices)

Telephone: (212) 546-4000

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes x No ¨

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of the registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). Yes x No ¨

The aggregate market value of the 1,951,041,834 shares of voting common equity held by non-affiliates of the registrant, computed by reference to the closing price as reported on the New York Stock Exchange, as of the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter (June 30, 2004) was approximately $47,800,524,933. Bristol-Myers Squibb has no non-voting common equity. At February 18, 2005, there were 1,951,786,180 shares of common stock outstanding.

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General

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (which may be referred to as Bristol-Myers Squibb, BMS or the Company) was incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware in August 1933 under the name Bristol-Myers Company, as successor to a New York business started in 1887. In 1989, Bristol-Myers Company changed its name to Bristol-Myers Squibb Company as a result of a merger. The Company, through its divisions and subsidiaries, is engaged in the discovery, development, licensing, manufacturing, marketing, distribution and sale of pharmaceuticals and other healthcare related products.

Acquisitions and Divestitures

In December 2004, the Company committed to a plan to sell its Oncology Therapeutics Network (OTN) business and entered into a definitive agreement with One Equity Partners LLC. OTN is a leading specialty distributor of pharmaceutical products to office-based oncologists in the United States. The transaction is expected to be completed during the first half of 2005. The divestiture of OTN will further enable the Company to focus on its strategic priorities in developing its pipeline and new product opportunities in ten critical disease areas of significant unmet medical need. The operations of OTN have been reflected as discontinued operations in the accompanying consolidated financial statements.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Website

The Company’s internet website address is www.bms.com. The Company makes available free of charge on its website its annual, quarterly and current reports, including amendments to such reports, as soon as reasonably practicable after the Company electronically files such material with, or furnishes such material to, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Information relating to corporate governance at Bristol-Myers Squibb, including the Company’s Standards of Business Conduct and Ethics, Code of Ethics for Senior Financial Officers, Code of Business Conduct and Ethics for Directors, (collectively, the “Codes”), Corporate Governance Guidelines, and information concerning the Company’s Executive Committee, Board of Directors, including Board Committees and Committee charters, and transactions in Bristol-Myers Squibb securities by Directors and executive officers, is available on the Company’s website at www.bms.com under the “Investors—Corporate Governance” caption and in print to any stockholder upon request. Any waivers to the Codes by directors or executive officers and any material amendment to the Code of Business Conduct and Ethics for Directors and Code of Ethics for Senior Financial Officers will be posted promptly on the Company’s website. Information relating to stockholder services, including the Company’s Dividend Reinvestment Plan and direct deposit of dividends, is available on the Company’s website at www.bms.com under the “Investors—Stockholder Services” caption.

The Company incorporates by reference certain information from parts of its proxy statement for the 2005 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. The SEC allows the Company to disclose important information by referring to it in that manner. Please refer to such information. The Company’s proxy statement for the 2005 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and 2004 Annual Report are available on the Company’s website (www.bms.com) under the “Investors—SEC Filings” caption.

Business Segments

The Company has three reportable segments—Pharmaceuticals, Nutritionals and Other Healthcare. The Pharmaceuticals segment is made up of the global pharmaceutical and international (excluding Japan) consumer medicines business. The Nutritionals segment consists of Mead Johnson Nutritionals (Mead Johnson), primarily an infant formula and children’s nutritionals business. The Other Healthcare segment consists of ConvaTec, Medical Imaging and Consumer Medicines (North America and Japan) businesses. For additional information about these segments, see “Item 8. Financial Statements—Note 18. Segment Information.”

Pharmaceuticals Segment

The Pharmaceuticals segment discovers, develops, licenses, manufactures, markets, distributes and sells branded pharmaceuticals. These products are sold worldwide, primarily to wholesalers, retail pharmacies, hospitals, government entities and the medical profession. The Company manufactures these products in the United States and Puerto Rico and in fifteen foreign countries. Pharmaceuticals sales accounted for 80% of the Company’s sales in 2004 and 2003, and 79% of the Company’s sales in 2002. Domestic pharmaceuticals sales accounted for 55%, 56% and 57% of total Pharmaceuticals sales in 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively, while pharmaceuticals sales in Europe accounted for 31%, 30% and 28% of total Pharmaceuticals sales in 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively, and pharmaceuticals sales in Japan accounted for 3% of total Pharmaceuticals sales in each of 2004, 2003 and 2002.

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The Company’s strategy is to build its pipeline and support sustainable growth by focusing its discovery and development efforts in ten critical disease areas, increasing its sales and marketing emphasis on specialists and high value primary care physicians, investing in research and development and establishing a biologics business. In addition to discovering and developing products through its own research and development efforts, the Company actively pursues products through research collaborations and strategic alliances with others in the pharmaceutical industry. For additional information, see “—Strategic Alliances” and “—Research and Development” below.

The Pharmaceuticals segment competes with other worldwide research-based drug companies, smaller research companies and generic drug manufacturers. The Company has experienced substantial revenue losses in the last few years due to the expiration of market exclusivity protection for certain of its products. The Company expects substantial incremental revenue losses in each of 2005, 2006 and 2007 representing continuing declines in revenues of those products as well as declines in revenues of certain additional products that will lose market exclusivity primarily in 2005 and 2006. For 2005, the Company estimates reductions of net sales in the range of $1.4 billion to $1.5 billion from the 2004 levels for products which have lost or will lose exclusivity protection in 2003, 2004 or 2005, specifically MONOPRIL in the United States, Canada and Europe, GLUCOPHAGE* XR and GLUCOVANCE* in the United States, CEFZIL in the United States, PARAPLATIN in the United States, VIDEX EC in the United States, TAXOL^® in Europe and PRAVACHOL in Europe. The Company also expects substantial incremental revenue losses in each of 2006 and 2007 representing continuing declines in net sales of the products that lost exclusivity protection in 2002, 2003 and 2004 and additional declines attributable to products that will lose exclusivity protection primarily in 2005 and 2006. These products (and the years in which they lose exclusivity protection) include GLUCOPHAGE*/GLUCOVANCE*/GLUCOPHAGE*XR in the United States (2002 to 2004), TAXOL^® in Europe and Japan (2003), PRAVACHOL in the United States (2006) and in Europe (2002 to 2007), PARAPLATIN in the United States (2004), MONOPRIL in the United States (2003), Canada (2003) and Europe (2001 to 2008), ZERIT in the United States (2008) and in Europe (2007 to 2011), CEFZIL in the United States (2005) and in Europe (2004 to 2009) and VIDEX/VIDEX EC (2004 to 2009). The timing and amounts of sales reductions from exclusivity losses, their realization in particular periods and the eventual levels of remaining sales revenues are uncertain and dependent on the levels of sales at the time exclusivity protection ends, the timing and degree of development of generic competition (speed of approvals, market entry and impact) and other factors.

Although anticipated revenue losses due to continued exclusivity losses during 2005 and 2006 are expected to be more or less offset by growth in net sales of the Company’s in-line, recently launched and potential new products during the same period, changes in product mix will adversely impact gross margin because the products that have lost or are expected to lose exclusivity generally have higher margins. These in-line and recently launched products include PLAVIX*, AVAPRO*/AVALIDE*, ABILIFY*, REYATAZ and ERBITUX*. The Company’s compounds in late stage development include muraglitazar, a dual PPAR agonist for type 2 diabetes, abatacept, for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, and entecavir, for hepatitis B. Expectations of continued sales growth are subject to competitive factors including those relating to PRAVACHOL discussed below, the outcome of the PLAVIX* patent litigation discussed below, and risks of product development and regulatory approval. In addition, earnings will be adversely affected by the Company’s investments to support the introduction of new products and the development and launch of additional new compounds. In 2007, based on management’s current estimates of growth of the Company’s in-line and recently launched products and a risk-adjusted assessment of potential new product launches, the Company expects earnings growth will resume.

PRAVACHOL, an HMG Co-A reductase inhibitor (statin), had net sales of $2.6 billion in 2004. During 2004, the Company experienced increased competition for PRAVACHOL from established brands and new entrants. U.S. prescriptions for PRAVACHOL declined 10% in 2004 compared to 2003. While the product has begun to lose exclusivity in some markets, between now and its anticipated loss of U.S. exclusivity in April 2006, its expected rate of decline in sales and in market share could be accelerated by increased competition from established brands and new entrants.

The Company’s expectations for future sales growth include substantial expected increases in sales of PLAVIX*, which had net sales of $3.3 billion for 2004, and is currently the Company’s largest product ranked by net sales. The composition of matter patent for PLAVIX*, which expires in 2011, is currently the subject of litigation in the United States. Similar proceedings involving PLAVIX* have been instituted outside the United States. The Company continues to believe that the patent is valid and that it is infringed, and with its alliance partner and patent-holder Sanofi-Aventis (Sanofi), is vigorously pursuing these cases. It is not possible at this time reasonably to assess the outcome of these litigations, or if there were an adverse determination in these litigations, the timing of potential generic competition for PLAVIX*. However, if generic competition were to occur, the Company believes it is very unlikely to occur before the second half of 2005. The loss of market exclusivity of PLAVIX* and the subsequent development of generic competition would be material to the Company’s results of operations and could be material to its financial condition and liquidity.

The Company and its subsidiaries are the subject of a number of significant pending lawsuits, claims, proceedings and investigations. It is not possible at this time reasonably to assess the final outcome of these investigations or litigations. Management continues to believe, as previously disclosed, that during the next few years, the aggregate impact, beyond current reserves, of these and other legal matters affecting the Company, if not favorably resolved, is reasonably likely to be material to the Company’s results of operations and cash flows, and may be material to its financial condition and liquidity. The Company’s expectations for the next several years described above do not reflect the potential impact of litigation on the Company’s results of operations.

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For more information about these and other matters, see “—Products,” “—Competition” and “—Research and Development” below, “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Outlook,” and “Item 8. Financial Statements—Note 21. Legal Proceedings and Contingencies.”

Products

Most of the Company’s pharmaceutical revenues come from products in the following therapeutic classes: cardiovascular, virology, including human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), infectious diseases, oncology, affective (psychiatric) disorders, and metabolics.

In the pharmaceutical industry, the majority of an innovative product’s commercial value is usually realized during the period in which the product has market exclusivity. Market exclusivity is based upon patent rights and/or certain regulatory forms of exclusivity. In the U.S. and some other countries, when these patent rights and other forms of exclusivity expire and generic versions of a medicine are approved and marketed, there are often very substantial and rapid declines in the sales of the original innovative product. The Company’s business is focused on innovative pharmaceutical products, and the Company relies on patent rights and other forms of protection to maintain the market exclusivity of its products. For further discussion of patents rights and regulatory forms of exclusivity, see “—Intellectual Property and Product Exclusivity” below. For further discussion of the impact of generic competition on the Company’s business, see “—Generic Competition” below.

The chart below shows the net sales of key products in the Pharmaceuticals segment, together with the year in which the basic exclusivity loss (patent rights or data exclusivity) occurred or is estimated to occur in the United States, the European Union (EU) and Japan. The Company also sells its pharmaceutical products in other countries; however, data is not provided on a country-by-country basis because individual country sales are not significant outside the United States, the EU and Japan. In many instances, the basic exclusivity loss date listed below is the expiration date of the patent that claims the active ingredient of the drug or the method of using the drug for the approved indication. In some instances, the basic exclusivity loss date listed in the chart is the expiration date of the data exclusivity period. In situations where there is only data exclusivity without patent protection, a competitor could seek regulatory approval by submitting its own clinical trial data to obtain marketing approval.

The Company estimates the market exclusivity period for each of its products on a case-by-case basis for the purposes of business planning only. The length of market exclusivity for any of the Company’s products is impossible to predict with certainty because of the complex interaction between patent and regulatory forms of exclusivity and the inherent uncertainties regarding patent litigation. Although the Company provides these estimates for business planning purposes, these are not intended as an indication of how the Company’s patents might fare in any particular patent litigation brought against potential infringers. There can be no assurance that a particular product will enjoy market exclusivity for the full period of time that appears in the estimate or that the exclusivity will be limited to the estimate.

Note: The currently estimated year of basic exclusivity loss includes any statutory extensions of exclusivity that have been earned, but not those that are speculative. In some instances, there may be later-expiring patents that cover particular forms or compositions of the drug, as well as methods of manufacture or methods of using the drug. Such patents may sometimes result in a favorable market position for the Company’s product, but product exclusivity cannot be predicted or assured.

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Below is a summary of the indication, intellectual property position, licensing arrangements, if any, and third-party manufacturing arrangements, if any, for each of the above products in the United States and where applicable, the EU and Japan.

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In addition to the pharmaceutical products discussed above, the Company’s Pharmaceuticals segment also includes the Company’s wholly owned UPSA business in Europe. The UPSA brand of acetaminophen, EFFERALGAN, is marketed for pain relief across the European continent. The Company also markets ASPIRINE UPSA, DAFALGAN and FERVEX in Europe and other overseas markets.

Strategic Alliances and Arrangements

The Company enters into strategic alliances and arrangements with third parties, which give the Company rights to develop, manufacture, market and/or sell pharmaceutical products, the rights to which are owned by such third parties. The Company also enters into strategic alliances and arrangements with third parties, which give such third parties the rights to develop, manufacture, market and/or sell pharmaceutical products, the rights to which are owned by the Company. These alliances and arrangements can take many forms, including licensing arrangements, codevelopment and comarketing agreements, copromotion arrangements and joint ventures. Such alliances and arrangements reduce the risk of incurring all research and development expenses that do not lead to revenue-generating products; however, the gross margins on alliance products are generally lower, sometimes substantially so, than the gross margins on the Company’s own products because profits from alliance products are shared with the Company’s alliance partners. While there can be no assurance that new alliances will be formed, the Company actively pursues such arrangements and views alliances as an important complement to its own discovery and development activities. The Company’s most significant current alliances and arrangements for the Company’s in-line products are those with Sanofi for PLAVIX* and AVAPRO*/AVALIDE*, Otsuka for ABILIFY*, ImClone for ERBITUX*, and Sankyo for PRAVACHOL. The Company’s most significant alliances and arrangements for products under development, subject to approval from regulatory authorities, are with Merck for muraglitazar, the rights to which are owned by the Company, with Pierre Fabre Medicament S.A. (Pierre Fabre) for JAVLOR*, the rights to which are owned by Pierre Fabre, with Medarex, Inc. (Medarex) for MDX-010, the rights to which are owned by Medarex, with Gilead Sciences, Inc. (Gilead) for a fixed dose combination of the Company’s product SUSTIVA and Gilead’s TRUVADA* and with Somerset Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Somerset) for EMSAM*, the rights to which are owned by Somerset. Each of these significant alliances and arrangements are discussed in more detail below. Additionally, the Company has licensing arrangements with Yale for ZERIT, with the U.S. Government for VIDEX, with Novartis for REYATAZ and with Kyorin for TEQUIN. In general, the Company’s strategic alliances and arrangements are for periods co-extensive with the periods of market exclusivity protection on a country-by-country basis. Based on the Company’s current expectations with respect to the expiration of market exclusivity in the Company’s significant markets, the licensing arrangements with Yale for ZERIT are expected to expire in 2008 in the U.S., between 2007-2011 in the EU and in 2008 in Japan; with the U.S. Government for VIDEX, which by its terms became non-exclusive in 2001, are expected to expire in 2007 in the U.S. (which includes an earned pediatric extension) and Japan and in EU countries between 2006-2009; with Novartis for REYATAZ are expected to expire in 2017 in the U.S., the EU and Japan; and with Kyorin for TEQUIN are expected to expire in 2007 in the U.S. For further discussion of market exclusivity protection, including a chart showing net sales of key products together with the year in which basic exclusivity loss occurred or is expected to occur in the U.S., the EU and Japan, see “—Products” and “—Intellectual Property and Product Exclusivity.”

Each of the Company’s strategic alliances and arrangements with third parties who own the rights to manufacture, market and/or sell pharmaceutical products contain customary early termination provisions typically found in agreements of this kind and are generally based on the other party’s material breach or bankruptcy (voluntary or involuntary) and product safety concerns. The amount of notice required for early termination generally ranges from immediately upon notice to 90 days after receipt of notice. Termination immediately upon notice is generally available where the other party files a voluntary bankruptcy petition. Termination upon 30 to 90 days notice is generally available where an involuntary bankruptcy petition has been filed (and not been dismissed) or a material breach by the other party has occurred (and not been cured). Early termination due to product safety concerns typically arises when a product is determined to create significant risk of harm to patients due to concerns regarding the product’s efficacy or level of toxicity. The Company’s strategic alliances and arrangements typically do not otherwise contain any provisions that provide the other party the right to terminate the alliance on short notice. In general, where the other party to the Company’s strategic alliance and arrangement will continue to have exclusivity protection upon the expiration or termination of the alliance, the Company does not retain any rights to the product or to the other party’s intellectual property. The loss of rights to one or more products that are

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marketed and sold by the Company pursuant to strategic alliance arrangements with third parties in one or more countries or territories could be material to the Company’s results of operations and cash flows and, in the case of PLAVIX*, could be material to its financial condition and liquidity. As is customary in the pharmaceutical industry, the terms of the Company’s strategic alliances and arrangements generally is co-extensive with the exclusivity period, which as discussed above, may vary on a country-by-country basis. As discussed below, the Company’s strategic alliance with Otsuka expires in November 2012 in the United States and Puerto Rico, which may be prior to expiration of market exclusivity protection for ABILIFY* which is expected to expire in 2009 in the U.S. but may be extended until 2014 if a pending statutory patent term extension is granted.

Sanofi In 1993, the Company entered into codevelopment and commercialization agreements, which were subsequently restructured in 1997, with Sanofi for two products: AVAPRO*/AVALIDE* (irbesartan), an angiotensin II receptor antagonist indicated for the treatment of hypertension and diabetic nephropathy, which is copromoted in certain countries outside the U.S. under the tradename APROVEL* and comarketed in certain countries outside the U.S. by the Company under the tradename KARVEA; and PLAVIX* (clopidogrel), a platelet aggregation inhibitor, which is copromoted in certain countries outside the U.S. under the tradename PLAVIX* and comarketed in certain countries outside the U.S. by the Company under the tradename ISCOVER.

The worldwide alliance operates under the framework of three territorial partnerships: Territory A for PLAVIX* and AVAPRO*/AVALIDE* in Europe and Asia, Territory B for PLAVIX* in the Americas (principally the U.S., Canada, Puerto Rico and Latin American countries) and Australia and AVAPRO*/AVALIDE* in Australia and the Americas not including the U.S., and the U.S. for AVAPRO*/AVALIDE*. This last partnership was formed in the fourth quarter of 2001, when the Company and Sanofi modified their previous exclusive license to the Company for AVAPRO*/AVALIDE* in the U.S. to form a copromotion joint venture, as part of which the Company contributed the AVAPRO*/AVALIDE* intellectual property and Sanofi agreed to pay the Company a total of $200 million in 2001 and $150 million in 2002. The Company accounts for these as a sale of an interest in a license and defers and amortizes the total amount of $350 million into income over the expected life of the license, which is approximately eleven years.

The territory partnerships manage central expenses, such as marketing, research and development and royalties and supply finished product to the individual country marketing entities. At the individual country level, agreements either to copromote or to comarket are in place with the parties’ local affiliates.

The territory partnerships are governed by a series of committees with enumerated functions, powers and responsibilities. Each territory has two senior committees (Senior Committees) which have final decision making authority with respect to that territory as to the enumerated functions, powers and responsibilities within its jurisdiction.

The Company acts as the operating partner for the territory covering the Americas and Australia and owns a 50.1% majority controlling interest in this territory. As such, the Company consolidates all country partnership results for these territories and records Sanofi’s share of the results as a minority interest expense, net of taxes, which was $502 million in 2004, $351 million in 2003 and $292 million in 2002. The Company recorded sales in these territories and in comarketing countries (Germany, Italy, Spain and Greece) of $4,257 million in 2004, $3,224 million in 2003 and $2,476 million in 2002.

Sanofi acts as the operating partner for Territory A covering Europe and Asia and owns a 50.1% majority financial controlling interest in this territory. The Company’s ownership interest in this territory is 49.9%. The Company accounts for the investment in partnership entities in this territory under the equity method and records its share of the results in equity in net income of affiliates in the consolidated statement of earnings. The Company’s share of net income from these partnership entities before taxes was $269 million in 2004, $187 million in 2003 and $120 million in 2002. For further discussion of this matter, see “Item 8. Financial Statements - Note 2. Alliances and Investments.”

The agreements with Sanofi expire on the later of (i) with respect to PLAVIX*, 2013 and, with respect to AVAPRO*/AVALIDE*, 2012 in the Americas and Australia and 2013 in Europe and Asia, and (ii) the expiration of all patents and other exclusivity rights in the applicable territory.

The alliance arrangements may be terminated by the Company or Sanofi, either in whole or in any affected country or Territory, depending on the circumstances, in the event of (i) voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy or insolvency, which in the case of involuntary bankruptcy continues for 60 days or an order or decree approving same continues unstayed and in effect for 30 days; (ii) a material breach of an obligation under a major alliance agreement that remains uncured for 30 days following notice of the breach except where commencement and diligent prosecution of cure has occurred within 30 days after notice; (iii) deadlocks of one of the Senior Committees which render the continued commercialization of the product impossible in a given country or Territory or, in the case of AVAPRO*/AVALIDE* in the U.S., with respect to advertising and promotion spending levels or the amount of sales force commitment; (iv) an increase in the combined cost of goods and royalty which exceeds a specified percentage of the net selling price of the product; or (v) a good faith determination by the terminating party that commercialization of a product should be terminated for reasons of patient safety.

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In the case of each of these termination rights, the agreements include provisions for the termination of the relevant alliance with respect to the applicable product in the applicable country or territory or, in the case of a termination due to bankruptcy or insolvency or material breach, both products in the applicable territory. Each of these termination procedures is slightly different; however, in all events, the Company could lose all rights to either or both products, as applicable, in the relevant country or territory even in the case of a bankruptcy or insolvency or material breach where the Company is not the defaulting party.

Otsuka In 1999, the Company entered into a worldwide commercialization agreement with Otsuka, to codevelop and copromote ABILIFY* (aripiprazole) for the treatment of schizophrenia and related psychotic disorders, except in Japan, China, Taiwan, North Korea, South Korea, the Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, Pakistan and Egypt. The Company began copromoting the product with Otsuka in the U.S. and Puerto Rico in November 2002. In June 2004, the Company received marketing approval from the European Commission. The product is currently copromoted with Otsuka in the United Kingdom and Germany, and the Company and Otsuka will also copromote it in France and Spain. The Company records alliance revenue for its contractual share of the net sales in these copromotion countries, excluding the United Kingdom, and records all expenses related to the product. Alliance revenue is recorded by the Company as net sales based upon 65% of Otsuka’s net sales in the copromotion countries. The Company recognizes this alliance revenue when ABILIFY* is shipped and all risks and rewards of ownership have transferred to Otsuka’s customers. In the UK, the Company records 100% of the net sales and related cost of products sold.

The Company also has an exclusive right to sell ABILIFY* in a number of other countries in Europe, the Americas and Asia. In these countries, as sales commence, the Company will record 100% of the net sales and related cost of products sold. Under the terms of the agreement, the Company purchases the product from Otsuka and performs finish manufacturing for sale by the Company to its customers. The agreement expires in November 2012 in the U.S. and Puerto Rico. For the countries in the European Union where the Company has the exclusive right to sell ABILIFY*, the agreement expires in June 2014. In each other country where the Company has the exclusive right to sell ABILIFY*, the agreement expires on the later of the tenth anniversary of the first commercial sale in such country or expiration of the applicable patent, if any, in such country. Early termination is available based on the other party’s voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy, failure to make minimum payments, failure to commence the first commercial sale with three months after receipt of all necessary approvals and material breach. The amount of notice required for early termination of the strategic alliance is immediately upon notice (i) in the case of voluntary bankruptcy, (ii) where minimum payments are not made to Otsuka, or (iii) if first commercial sale has not occurred within three months after receipt of all necessary approvals, 30 days where a material breach has occurred (and not been cured or commencement of cure has not occurred within 90 days after notice of such material breach) and 90 days in the case where an involuntary bankruptcy petition has been filed (and not been dismissed). In addition, termination is available to Otsuka upon 30 days notice in the event that the Company were to challenge Otsuka’s patent rights or, on a market-by-market basis, the Company were to market a product in direct competition with ABILIFY*. Upon termination or expiration of the alliance, the Company does not retain any rights to ABILIFY*.

The Company recorded total revenue for ABILIFY* of $593 million in 2004, $283 million in 2003 and $25 million in 2002. Total milestone payments made to Otsuka from 1999 through 2004 were $217 million, of which $157 million was expensed as acquired in-process research and development in 1999. The $60 million of capitalized payments are amortized into cost of products sold over the remaining life of the agreement in the U.S., which is approximately eight years. Included in the $60 million of capitalized payments is a $10 million payment made in July 2004 for attainment of marketing approval by the European Union.

ImClone In November 2001, the Company purchased 14.4 million shares of ImClone for $70 per share, or $1,007 million, which represented approximately 19.9% of the ImClone shares outstanding just prior to the Company’s commencement of a public tender offer for those ImClone shares. ImClone is a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing targeted cancer treatments, which include growth factor blockers, cancer vaccines, and anti-angiogenesis therapeutics. The equity investment in ImClone is part of a strategic agreement between the Company and ImClone that also included an arrangement expiring in September 2018 to codevelop and copromote the cancer drug, ERBITUX*, for a series of payments originally totaling $1 billion. The Company paid ImClone a milestone payment of $200 million in 2001, which was expensed. On March 5, 2002, the agreement with ImClone was revised to reduce the total payments to $900 million from $1 billion. In accordance with the agreement, the Company paid ImClone $140 million in March 2002, $60 million in March 2003, and $250 million in March 2004 upon the approval by the FDA of the Biologics License Application (BLA) for ERBITUX* for use in combination with irinotecan in the treatment of patients with EGFR-expressing, metastatic colorectal cancer who are refractory to irinotecan-based chemotherapy and for use as a single agent in the treatment of patients with EGFR-expressing, metastatic colorectal cancer who are intolerant to irinotecan-based chemotherapy. In June 2004, the FDA approved ImClone’s Chemistry, Manufacturing and Controls supplemental Biologics License Application (sBLA) for licensure of its BB36 manufacturing facility. An additional $250 million is payable upon FDA approval for use in treating another tumor type, which is anticipated to occur in late 2005. The Company also has codevelopment and copromotion rights in Canada and Japan to the extent the product is commercialized in such countries. In Japan, the Company and ImClone will share distribution rights to ERBITUX* with Merck KGaA. Under the agreement, ImClone will receive a distribution fee based on a flat rate of 39% of product revenues in North America. The Company will purchase all of its commercial requirements for bulk ERBITUX* from ImClone at a price equal to manufacturing cost plus 10%.

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Payments made subsequent to the March 2004 approval will be capitalized and amortized to cost of products sold over the remaining term of the agreement. With respect to the $200 million of milestone payments the Company paid ImClone in 2002 and 2003, $160 million was expensed in the first quarter of 2002 as acquired in-process research and development, and $40 million was recorded as an additional equity investment to eliminate the income statement effect of the portion of the milestone payment for which the Company has an economic claim through its ownership interest in ImClone. The Company accounts for the $250 million approval milestone paid in March 2004 as a license acquisition and amortizes the payment into cost of products sold over the expected useful life of the license, which is approximately fourteen years. The Company amortized into cost of products sold $14 million for 2004. The unamortized portion of the $250 million payment is recorded in intangible assets, net in the consolidated balance sheet and was $236 million as of December 31, 2004.

The Company determines its equity share in ImClone’s net income or loss by eliminating from ImClone’s results the milestone revenue ImClone recognizes for the pre-approval milestone payments that were recorded by the Company as additional equity investment. The Company recorded net income of $9 million in 2004, and net losses of $36 million and $40 million in 2003 and 2002, respectively, for its share of ImClone’s net income/losses. The Company records its share of the results in equity in net income of affiliates in the consolidated statement of earnings. The Company recorded net sales for ERBITUX* of $261 million since its approval by the FDA in February 2004.

The Company’s recorded investment in, and the market value of, ImClone common stock as of December 31, 2004 was $72 million and approximately $660 million, respectively. On a per share basis, the carrying value of the ImClone investment and the closing market price of the ImClone shares as of December 31, 2004 were $5.03 and $46.08, respectively.

Early termination is available based on material breach and is effective 60 days after notice of the material breach (and such material breach has not been cured or commencement of cure has not occurred). Upon termination or expiration of the alliance, the Company does not retain any rights to ERBITUX*.

The Company is the exclusive distributor of ERBITUX* in North America. Under the terms of an agreement with McKesson Corporation (McKesson) entered into in February 2004, McKesson provides warehousing, packing and shipping for filling orders for ERBITUX*. To maintain the integrity of the product, special storage conditions and handling are required. Accordingly, all sales of ERBITUX*, including purchase requests from other wholesalers, are processed through the Company, and McKesson will only ship ERBITUX* to end-users of the product and not to other intermediaries to hold for later sales. Either the Company or McKesson may unilaterally terminate the agreement on not less than six months prior notice to the other party. This agreement expires on March 31, 2005, however the Company has the option to extend the agreement to June 30, 2005.

For further discussion of the Company’s strategic alliance with ImClone, see “Item 8. Financial Statements—Note 2. Alliances and Investments.”

Sankyo The Company has licensed a patent covering pravastatin, marketed by the Company in the U.S. as PRAVACHOL, from Sankyo, with the agreement expiring as exclusivity expires on a market-by-market basis. Exclusivity in the U.S. under the patent (including pediatric extension) lasts until April 2006. Under the terms of the license, the Company may market and sell pravastatin throughout the world, excluding Japan, Korea, Taiwan and Thailand (markets in which Sankyo retains exclusive patent rights). Sankyo also copromotes and comarkets pravastatin in certain European and Latin American countries. Early termination is available based on the other party’s voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy and material breach. The amount of notice required for early termination of the strategic alliance is immediately upon notice in the case of either voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy and 90 days after notice in the case where a material breach has occurred (and not been cured or commencement of cure has not occurred). Upon termination or expiration of the alliance, the Company does not retain any patent or other exclusivity rights in relation to pravastatin.

In 2004, the Company entered into the following significant alliances and arrangements for products in clinical development:

Merck In April 2004, the Company entered into a collaboration agreement with Merck for worldwide codevelopment and copromotion for muraglitazar, the Company’s dual PPAR (peroxisome proliferator activated receptor) agonist, currently in Phase III clinical development for use in treating Type 2 diabetes. The Company and Merck will jointly develop the clinical and marketing strategy for muraglitazar, share equally in future development and commercialization costs and copromote the product to physicians on a global basis, with Merck to receive payments based on net sales levels. A New Drug Application (NDA) for muraglitazar was submitted to the FDA in December 2004 for United States regulatory approval. Under the terms of the agreement, the Company received a $100 million non-refundable upfront payment in May 2004 and was entitled to receive an additional $55 million milestone payment in December 2004, which was subsequently received in January 2005. The Company is entitled to receive $220 million in additional payments upon achievement of certain regulatory milestones.

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in other income. The $55 million milestone payment was deferred and recorded as a receivable in December 2004, and will be amortized into other income, beginning in January 2005, over the remaining useful life of the agreement. In addition, the Company records Merck’s share of codevelopment costs as a reduction to research and development expense and Merck’s share of copromotion costs as a reduction to advertising and product promotion expense.

The agreement expires on a product-by-product and country-by-country basis upon the latest of (i) the expiration of the last to expire Bristol-Myers Squibb patent or patent that is jointly funded in each case with respect to the applicable product in the applicable country, (ii) the expiration of any additional statutory or administrative protections that grant exclusivity with respect to the applicable product in the applicable country, and (iii) the cessation of the sale of the applicable product in the applicable country following first commercial sale of that product in that country. The basic composition of matter patent for muraglitazar in the United States expires in 2020. Patent applications in various countries in the European Union are pending. The Company also may be entitled to additional statutory or administrative protections in the United States and the European Union that would grant exclusivity with respect to muraglitazar beyond 2020.

In addition to customary termination provisions for cause, Merck also has the right to terminate the agreement for any reason upon not less than six months prior written notice to the Company. However, this right of termination can be exercised by Merck with respect to any product only during the period between the completion of Phase III clinical trials relating to such product and the time the NDA for such product is filed with the FDA. This right also can be exercised by Merck after the second anniversary of the date of filing of the NDA for such product with the FDA if the product has not been commercially launched in the United States at such time, or, if commercially launched in the United States, after the second anniversary of the commercial launch of such product in the United States. With respect to the European Union, Merck can exercise this right of termination after the second anniversary of the commercial launch of such product in the European Union or, if not commercially launched in the European Union, the third anniversary of the commercial launch of the product in the United States. Upon any early termination, the Company will retain control of all rights to muraglitazar.

The agreement also provides for certain standstill provisions which remain in effect for the term of the collaboration between the Company and Merck. Under such provisions, each party may not, directly or indirectly, without the consent of the other party: (i) acquire any beneficial ownership or interest in any voting securities of the other party; (ii) effect or initiate any (A) tender offer, merger, or other business combination involving the other party, or (B) any restructuring, dissolution, sale of all or substantially all of its assets or other extraordinary transaction with respect to the other party; (iii) make or participate in any solicitation of proxies to vote with respect to the other party; (iv) deposit any voting securities of the other party into a voting trust or subject any such securities to any voting arrangement or agreement; (v) initiate, propose or otherwise solicit stockholders of the other party for the approval of certain stockholder proposals; (vi) seek the election or removal of any member on the board of directors of the other party; (vii) call any meeting of the stockholders of the other party; (viii) request or obtain any list of holders of voting securities of the other party; (ix) form or participate in a “group” (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) with respect to any voting securities of the other party; (x) seek to control the board of directors or influence the management of the other party except as it believes is required under applicable law; (xi) enter into any agreements, discussions or arrangements with any person other than the Company, Merck or an affiliate of either of them with respect to any of the foregoing; or (xii) seek to waive, amend or modify any of the provisions contained above.

The standstill provisions do not prohibit a party from acquiring voting securities of the other party by or through (i) a diversified mutual or pension fund managed by an independent investment adviser or pension plan established for the benefit of the employees, (ii) any employee benefit plan of such party, or (iii) any stock portfolios not controlled by such party that invest in the other party among other companies provided that such party does not request the trustee or administrator or investment adviser of such fund, plan or portfolio to acquire such voting securities and provided that no such fund, plan or portfolio acquires more than 5% of any class of voting securities of such other party. Further, the standstill provisions do not prevent any party from acquiring securities of another pharmaceutical or biotechnology company or other person that beneficially owns any securities of the other party.

The standstill provisions may be suspended solely to permit a party to take any of the actions described above to the extent the other party specifically invites such party to take such actions or to compete in certain transactions which would result in a direct or indirect divestiture of assets, tender or exchange offer, or any merger, consolidation or similar transaction that if consummated would result in any person or group beneficially owning 35% of the voting securities and/or market capitalization of such party if such transactions were publicly proposed by the other party or by an unaffiliated person.

Medarex In November 2004, the Company entered into a worldwide collaboration and share purchase agreement with Medarex to codevelop and copromote MDX-010, a fully human antibody currently in Phase III development for the treatment of metastatic melanoma. The agreement became effective in January 2005, after the companies received certain governmental clearances and approvals, and the receipt of consent from the U.S. Public Health Service of the sublicense to the Company of Medarex’s rights to MDX-1379 (gp100), a vaccine that is being developed in conjunction with MDX-010. The FDA has granted Fast Track status to MDX-010 in combination with MDX-1379 for treatment of patients with late stage unresectable metastatic melanoma who have

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failed or are intolerant to first line therapy. In January 2005, under the terms of the agreement, the Company made a cash payment of $25 million to Medarex which was expensed as research and development, and an additional $25 million equity investment in Medarex. Further milestone payments are expected to be made upon the successful achievement of various regulatory and sales related stages. The Company and Medarex will also share in future development and commercialization costs. Medarex could receive up to $205 million if all regulatory milestones are met, and up to $275 million in sales-related milestones. Medarex will have an option to copromote and receive 45% of the profits with the Company in the United States. The Company will receive an exclusive license outside of the U.S. and pay royalties to Medarex.

The agreement with Medarex does not expire unless and until one of the following events occurs: (1) the Company voluntarily terminates the agreement in its entirety, on a product-by-product basis (but only if a second product is then in GLP toxicology studies or later) or a country-by-country basis by providing Medarex with six months prior written notice depending on the circumstances; (2) the Company terminates Medarex’s co-promotion option and rights in the United States on sixty days written notice after the end of the second calendar year in the event Medarex provides less than sixty percent of certain performance obligations in any two out of three consecutive calendar years (such termination right to be exercised only with respect to those indications as to which Medarex failed to meet such performance obligation). Upon such termination by the Company, Medarex will no longer have a right to share in the profits and losses of the product and, instead the Company will pay Medarex royalties on net sales of the product; or (3) Medarex terminates the agreement with respect to all products on sixty days written notice if the Company provides less than sixty percent of certain performance obligations in any two out of three consecutive calendar years. Generally, upon termination, the Company will assign all rights to the product to Medarex and receive a royalty thereafter on intellectual property licensed by the Company to Medarex. Medarex may also elect not to copromote a product for one or more indications in the United States, in which event it will receive a royalty on sales of the product for such indication.

Pierre Fabre In April 2004, the Company and Pierre Fabre entered into three related agreements (a patent and know-how license agreement, a trademark license agreement and a supply agreement) to develop and commercialize JAVLOR* (vinflunine), a novel investigational anti-cancer agent. JAVLOR* is currently in Phase III clinical trials in Europe for the treatment of bladder and non-small cell lung cancer, and Phase II clinical trials in breast and ovarian cancer. An Investigational New Drug application for a Phase II clinical trial in bladder cancer was approved by FDA in November 2004. Under the terms of the agreement, the Company will receive an exclusive license to JAVLOR* in the United States, Canada, Japan, Korea and select Southeast Asian markets. Pierre Fabre will be responsible for the development and marketing of JAVLOR* in all other countries, including those of Europe, and will supply the Company’s requirements for the product. Under the terms of the agreement, the Company made and expensed upfront and milestone payments of $35 million in 2004, with the potential for an additional $175 million in milestone payments over time.

The patent and know-how license agreement, under which the Company licensed the right to market JAVLOR*, expires, on a country-by-country and product form-by-product form basis, on the date that is the later of: (i) the expiration of applicable patent or data exclusivity for a given Product form in a country, or (ii) the tenth anniversary of commercial sale of such product form in such country, at which time, the Company may exercise a royalty-free, nonexclusive right to market the product. The Agreement may be terminated sooner, as follows: (1) a party may terminate the agreement for voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy or insolvency of the other party that is not dismissed within a certain period of time; (2) a party may terminate for material breach by the other that is not cured with a specified period. Such termination shall relate only to the countries and product forms relating to the material breach, unless the product form is the IV form (in which case all forms can be terminated) and unless the breach pertains to the United States (in which case all countries can be terminated); (3) by Pierre Fabre, if Pierre Fabre terminates the supply agreement for material breach by the Company; (4) by either party, upon 60 days notice, if justifiable and demonstrable safety, efficacy, technical or regulatory reasons preclude development of the IV form for any indication, as determined by the Joint Steering Committee; (5) by Pierre Fabre, if (a) the Company fails to file or process a registrational filing required to be filed under the Agreement without justifiable and demonstrable safety, efficacy, technical or regulatory reasons; (b) if the Company does not launch the IV product form in a country within a time period required by the agreement (generally, ninety days) following receipt of regulatory (and if applicable, pricing) approval; (c) if the Company should challenge or contest Pierre Fabre Patent Rights; (d) if the Company makes an improper contract assignment; or (e) if the Company fails to meet certain minimum sales levels under the agreement.; or (6) by the Company, without cause, on a country-by-country basis, by giving Pierre Fabre at least (i) ninety days’ prior written notice, if such notice is given prior to the regulatory approval of the first approved indication in the United States, or (ii) one hundred eighty days’ prior written notice after regulatory approval of a first approved indication in the United States. Generally, for any termination made by Pierre Fabre or for termination by the Company without cause, the Company shall retain no rights to the product and all rights shall revert to Pierre Fabre.

Gilead In December 2004, the Company and Gilead entered into a joint venture to develop and commercialize the fixed-dose combination of the Company’s SUSTIVA (efavirenz) and Gilead’s TRUVADA* (emtricitabine and tenofovir disoproxil fumarate) in the United States. If approved by the FDA, the new product would be the first complete Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART) treatment regimen for HIV available in the United States in a fixed-dose combination taken once daily. Fixed-dose combinations contain multiple medicines formulated together and may help simplify HIV therapy for patients and providers. Guidelines issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services list the combination of emtricitabine, tenofovir disoproxil fumarate and efavirenz as one of the preferred non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI)-based treatments for use in appropriate patients that have never taken anti-HIV medicines before.

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Through the joint venture, the Company and Gilead will work in partnership to complete development and U.S. regulatory filings for this fixed-dose combination regimen. Subject to receiving marketing approval of the fixed-dose combination regimen, the companies would share responsibility for commercializing the product in the United States. Both companies will provide funding and field-based sales representatives in support of promotional efforts for the combination product. The Company and Gilead will receive revenues from future net sales at percentages relative to the contribution represented by their individual products that comprise the fixed-dose combination.

The joint venture between the Company and Gilead will continue until terminated by mutual agreement of the parties or otherwise as described below. If no NDA for the combination product is filed by December 31, 2006, or no NDA is approved by the FDA by December 31, 2007, then either party may terminate the joint venture. In the event of a material breach by one party, the non-breaching party may terminate the joint venture only if both parties agree that it is both desirable and practicable to withdraw the combination product from the market in the United States. At such time as one or more generic versions of SUSTIVA appear on the market in the United States, Gilead will have the right to terminate the joint venture and thereby acquires all the rights to the combination product; however, the Company will continue for three years to receive a percentage of the net sales based on the contribution of SUSTIVA to the combination product.

Somerset In December 2004, the Company and Somerset, a joint venture between Mylan Laboratories Inc. and Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc., entered into an agreement for the commercialization and distribution of Somerset’s EMSAM* (selegiline transdermal system), an investigational monoamine oxidase inhibitor administered as a transdermal patch for the acute and maintenance treatment of patients with major depressive disorder. Somerset received an approvable letter from the FDA for EMSAM* in February 2004, and if approved by the FDA, EMSAM* would be the first transdermal treatment for major depressive disorder.

Under the terms of the agreement, the Company receives exclusive distribution rights to commercialize EMSAM*, if approved, in the U.S. and Canada, with an opportunity to negotiate, within a specified time frame, rights in all or specific portions of the rest of the world. The Company made and expensed a $5 million upfront payment in December 2004 and will make a further payment following regulatory approval in the U.S. In addition to the upfront payment, Somerset will receive milestone payments based on achievement of certain sales levels, as well as reimbursement of certain development costs incurred over the terms of the agreement. Somerset will supply products to the Company and receive royalties on the Company’s sales of EMSAM*.

Unless earlier terminated or extended in accordance with its terms, the agreement will terminate on the fifth anniversary of the date of the first commercial sale of EMSAM*. The agreement may be earlier terminated by either party in the event of a material breach of the agreement by or the bankruptcy of the other party. In addition to the general rights of termination, the Company has the rights to terminate the agreement (i) prior to the date of first commercial sale of EMSAM* upon the imposition of certain regulatory requirements or restrictions relating to EMSAM*, the failure of the parties to agree with respect to the allocation of specified excess development costs or the failure of Somerset to deliver launch inventories, or (ii) at any time following the launch of a generic product, the occurrence of a material safety issue relating to EMSAM*, or after the date which is 30 months after the date of first commercial sale of EMSAM* upon 180 days prior notice. Somerset also has the right to terminate the agreement prior to the date of first commercial sale of EMSAM* upon failure of the parties to agree with respect to the allocation of specified excess development costs, or at any time following the occurrence of a material safety issue relating to EMSAM* or the failure of the Company to meet specified detailing requirements.

For information on alliances relating to drug discovery, see “—Research and Development” below.

Nutritionals Segment

The Nutritionals segment, through Mead Johnson, manufactures, markets, distributes and sells infant formulas and other nutritional products, including the entire line of ENFAMIL products. In 2002, the Company commenced sales of ENFAMIL LIPIL, the first infant formula in the United States to contain the nutrients DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) and ARA (arachidonic acid). Also naturally found in breast milk, DHA and ARA are believed to support infant brain and eye development. The Company obtains these nutrients from a sole provider pursuant to a non-exclusive worldwide licensing and supply arrangement, under which there is no guaranty of supply and pricing is subject to change. The agreement expires beginning in 2024 on a country-by-country basis 25 years after the Company commences sales in a country.

The Company’s Nutritionals products are generally sold by wholesalers and retailers and are promoted primarily to healthcare professionals. The Company also promotes Nutritionals products directly to consumers worldwide through advertising. The Company manufactures these products in the United States and in seven foreign countries. Nutritionals sales accounted for 10% of the Company’s sales in 2004, and 11% of the Company’s sales in 2003 and 2002. Domestic Nutritionals sales accounted for 48%, 54% and 53% of total Nutritionals sales in 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively, while international Nutritionals sales accounted for 52%, 46% and 47% of total Nutritionals sales in 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively. Approximately one-half of U.S. gross sales of infant

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formula are subject to rebates issued under the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program. Sales subject to WIC rebates have much lower margins than those of non-WIC program sales.

Net sales of selected products and product categories in the Nutritionals segment were as follows:

In February 2004, the Company completed the divestiture of its Adult Nutritional business to Novartis for $386 million, including a $20 million contingent consideration achieved in 2004 and a $22 million upfront payment for a supply agreement. In 2003, Adult Nutritional products recorded sales of over $200 million.

Other Healthcare Segment

The Other Healthcare segment consists of ConvaTec, Medical Imaging and Consumer Medicines (North America and Japan). Other Healthcare sales accounted for 10% of the Company’s sales in 2004, 9% of the Company’s sales in 2003 and 10% of the Company’s sales in 2002. Domestic Other Healthcare sales accounted for 56%, 55% and 57% of total Other Healthcare sales in 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively, while international Other Healthcare sales accounted for 44%, 45% and 43% of total Other Healthcare sales in 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively.

ConvaTec

ConvaTec manufactures, distributes and sells ostomy and modern wound and skin care products. Principal brands of ConvaTec include NATURA, SUR-FIT, ESTEEM, AQUACEL and DUODERM. These products are marketed worldwide, primarily to hospitals, the medical profession and medical suppliers. The Company mainly relies on an internal sales force, and sales are made through various distributors around the world. The Company manufactures these products in the United States and the United Kingdom.

ConvaTec sales accounted for approximately 5% of the Company’s sales in 2004, 4% of the Company’s sales in 2003 and 5% of the Company’s sales in 2002. Domestic ConvaTec sales accounted for 32%, 33% and 34% of total ConvaTec sales in 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively, while international ConvaTec sales accounted for 68%, 67% and 66% of total ConvaTec sales in 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively.

In April 2004, the Company completed the acquisition of Acordis Speciality Fibres (Acordis) for $150 million, which is headquartered in the United Kingdom that licenses patent rights and supplies materials to ConvaTec for its Wound Therapeutics line.

Medical Imaging

Medical Imaging manufactures, distributes and sells medical imaging products including radiopharmaceuticals and an ultra-sound agent. Principal brands of Medical Imaging include CARDIOLITE and DEFINITY. These products are marketed through an internal sales force in the United States and sold worldwide, primarily to radiopharmacies, hospitals, clinics and the medical profession, in certain cases, using a small and concentrated network of radiopharmacies for distribution. In connection with the Company’s international business, Medical Imaging owns certain radiopharmacies outside the United States. CARDIOLITE is covered by a series of patents that claim its components. The patent coverage differs somewhat on a country-by-country basis. In the United States, these patents expire between December 2004 and 2008, and the Company’s currently expected year of basic exclusivity loss is 2008. In the EU, these patents expire between December 2006 through 2008. In Japan, these patents expire between August 2006 and 2008. The Company manufactures these products in the United States and Puerto Rico.

Medical Imaging sales accounted for 3% of the Company’s sales in each of 2004, 2003 and 2002. Domestic Medical Imaging sales accounted for 85% of total Medical Imaging sales in 2004 and 2003, and 84% of total Medical Imaging sales in 2002, while international Medical Imaging sales accounted for 15% of total Medical Imaging sales in 2004 and 2003, and 16% of total Medical Imaging sales in 2002. On January 1, 2004, the Company entered into a new license and supply agreement with Cardinal Health Nuclear Pharmacy Services, which provides Cardinal the right to sell CARDIOLITE in the U.S. from certain of its radiopharmacy locations. The Company also has entered into license and supply agreements with other radiopharmacies providing the right to sell CARDIOLITE in the U.S.

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Consumer Medicines

Consumer Medicines manufactures, distributes and sells over-the-counter health care products. Principal consumer healthcare brands include the EXCEDRIN brand of products for headache relief, BUFFERIN analgesics, COMTREX for cold, cough and flu, and the KERI line of moisturizers. In addition, the Company began marketing its ChoiceDM line of diabetic care products in August 2003. These products are generally sold to retailers and promoted primarily to consumers in the United States and Japan through advertising. These products are manufactured in the United States, Puerto Rico and Japan.

Consumer Medicines sales accounted for 2% of the Company’s sales in each of 2004, 2003 and 2002. North American Consumer Medicines sales accounted for 77% of Consumer Medicines sales in 2004 and 72% of Consumer Medicines sales in 2003 and 2002, while Consumer Medicines sales in Japan accounted for 23% of Consumer Medicines sales in 2004 and 28% of Consumer Medicines sales in 2003 and in 2002.

In January 2005, the Company announced its intent to divest its U.S. and Canadian Consumer Medicines business. The Company’s Consumer Medicines business in Japan, and other consumer medicines products in Asia Pacific, Latin America, Europe, Middle East and Africa which are included in the Pharmaceuticals segment, are not included in the planned divestiture.

Sources and Availability of Raw Materials

In general, the Company purchases its raw materials in the open market. Substantially all such materials are obtainable from a number of sources, and the loss of any one source of supply would not likely have a material adverse effect on the Company. For further discussion of sourcing, see “—Manufacturing and Quality Assurance” below and discussions of particular products.

Manufacturing and Quality Assurance

The Company seeks to design and operate its manufacturing facilities and maintain inventory in a way that will allow it to meet all expected product demand while maintaining flexibility to reallocate manufacturing capacity to improve efficiency and respond to changes in supply and demand. Pharmaceutical production processes are complex, highly regulated and vary widely from product to product. Shifting or adding manufacturing capacity can be a very lengthy process requiring significant capital expenditures and regulatory approvals. For further discussion of the regulatory impact on the Company’s manufacturing, see “—Government Regulation and Price Constraints” below.

Pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities require significant ongoing capital investment for both maintenance and to comply with increasing regulatory requirements. In addition, as the Company adds to its product line and realigns its focus over the next several years, the Company expects to close, partially close or modify many of its existing facilities and devote substantial resources in excess of historical levels to convert its facilities or to meet heightened processing standards that may be required for sterile or newly introduced products, in particular biologics. Biologics manufacturing involves more complex processes than those of traditional pharmaceutical operations. Although the Company does have the capacity to manufacture biologics for clinical trials and commercial launch, its capacity to manufacture larger commercial volumes of these products is limited. As biologics become more important to the Company’s product portfolio, the Company may continue to make arrangements with third-party manufacturers or may make substantial investments in facilities to increase and maintain its capacity to produce biologics on a commercial scale.

The Company relies on third parties to manufacture, or to supply it with active ingredients necessary for it to manufacture certain products, including PRAVACHOL, PLAVIX*, ABILIFY*, ERBITUX*, COUMADIN, PARAPLATIN, SUSTIVA, TAXOL^®, TEQUIN and VIDEX/VIDEX EC. To maintain a stable supply of these products, the Company takes a variety of actions designed to provide that there is a reasonable level of these ingredients held by the third-party supplier, the Company or both, so that the Company’s manufacturing operations are not interrupted. As an additional protection, in some cases, the Company takes steps to maintain an approved back-up source where available.

The Company also expects to rely initially on Lonza to manufacture abatacept (CTLA4Ig) and LEA29Y on a commercial scale if these products are commercialized. Abatacept and LEA29Y are investigational biologics compounds in late stage development. The Company has not made any filings with the FDA seeking approval for Lonza to manufacture these products. While the Company has filed a rolling BLA with the FDA for abatacept, the Company has not sought approval from the FDA to market and sell LEA29Y, and there can be no assurance that regulatory approval of either of these products will be obtained. However, the Company has entered into an agreement with Lonza to reserve a portion of Lonza’s biologics manufacturing capacity for the Company’s future requirements of these products if regulatory approval is obtained. The Company also has the capacity to supply limited quantities of abatacept and has filed a BLA for licensure of its manufacturing facility in Syracuse, New York. Pending such approval from the FDA, the Company will seek supplemental approval for Lonza to manufacture abatacept. For additional information about abatacept and LEA29Y, see “—Research and Development” below.

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manufacturing pharmaceuticals or meet the heightened processing requirements for biologics, the Company’s business performance and prospects could be negatively impacted. Additionally, if the Company or any of its third-party suppliers were to experience extended plant shutdowns or substantial unplanned increases in demand or suspension of manufacturing for regulatory reasons, the Company could experience an interruption in supply of certain products or product shortages until production could be resumed or expanded.

In connection with divestitures, licensing arrangements or distribution agreements of certain of the Company’s pharmaceuticals or in certain other circumstances, the Company has entered into agreements under which the Company has agreed to supply such products to third parties. In addition to liabilities that could arise from the Company’s failure to supply such products under the agreements, these arrangements could require the Company to invest in facilities for the production of non-strategic products, result in additional regulatory filings and obligations or cause an interruption in the manufacturing of its own products.

The Company’s success depends in great measure upon customer confidence in the quality of its products and in the integrity of the data that support their safety and effectiveness. Product quality arises from a total commitment to quality in all parts of the Company’s operations, including research and development, purchasing, facilities planning, manufacturing, and distribution. The Company maintains quality-assurance procedures relating to the quality and integrity of scientific information and production processes.

Control of production processes involves rigid specifications for ingredients, equipment and facilities, manufacturing methods, processes, packaging materials, and labeling. The Company performs tests at various stages of production processes and on the final product to assure that the product meets all regulatory requirements and the Company’s standards. These tests may involve chemical and physical chemical analyses, microbiological testing, or a combination of these along with other analyses. Quality control is provided by business unit/site quality assurance groups that monitor existing manufacturing procedures and systems used by the Company, its subsidiaries and third-party suppliers.

Intellectual Property and Product Exclusivity

The Company owns or is licensed under a number of patents in the United States and foreign countries primarily covering its pharmaceutical products. The Company has also developed many brand names and trademarks for products in all areas. The Company considers the overall protection of its patent, trademark, license and other intellectual property rights to be of material value and acts to protect these rights from infringement.

In the pharmaceutical industry, the majority of an innovative product’s commercial value is usually realized during the period in which the product has market exclusivity. In the U.S. and some other countries, when market exclusivity expires and generic versions of a product are approved and marketed, there can often be very substantial and rapid declines in the product’s sales. The rate of this decline varies by country and by therapeutic category. For a discussion of how generic versions of a product can impact that product’s sales, see “—Generic Competition” below.

A product’s market exclusivity is generally determined by two forms of intellectual property: patent rights held by the innovator company and any regulatory forms of exclusivity to which the innovative drug is entitled.

Patents are a key determinant of market exclusivity for most branded pharmaceuticals. Patents provide the innovator with the right to exclude others from practicing an invention related to the medicine. Patents may cover, among other things, the active ingredient(s), various uses of a drug product, pharmaceutical formulations, drug delivery mechanisms and processes for (or intermediates useful in) the manufacture of products. Protection for individual products extends for varying periods in accordance with the expiration dates of patents in the various countries. The protection afforded, which may also vary from country to country, depends upon the type of patent, its scope of coverage and the availability of meaningful legal remedies in the country.

Market exclusivity is also sometimes influenced by regulatory intellectual property rights. Many developed countries provide certain non-patent incentives for the development of medicines. For example, the United States, the EU and Japan each provide for a minimum period of time after the approval of a new drug during which the regulatory agency may not rely upon the innovator’s data to approve a competitor’s generic copy. Regulatory intellectual property rights are also available in certain markets as incentives for research on new indications, on orphan drugs and on medicines useful in treating pediatric patients.

Regulatory intellectual property rights are independent of any patent rights that the Company may possess and can be particularly important when a drug lacks broad patent protection. However, most regulatory forms of exclusivity do not prevent a competitor from gaining regulatory approval on the basis of the competitor’s own safety and efficacy data on its drug, even when that drug is identical to that marketed by the innovator.

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patent and regulatory forms of exclusivity, and inherent uncertainties concerning patent litigation. There can be no assurance that a particular product will enjoy market exclusivity for the full period of time that the Company currently estimates or that the exclusivity will be limited to the estimate. The Company expects to have continued exclusivity challenges over the next several years. For further discussion of these exclusivity challenges, see “—Pharmaceuticals Segment” above and “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Outlook” below.

In addition to patents and regulatory forms of exclusivity, the Company also holds intellectual property in the form of trademarks, on products such as EXCEDRIN, ENFAMIL, THERAGRAN, KERI and BUFFERIN. Trademarks have no effect on market exclusivity for a product, but are considered to have marketing value. Worldwide, all of the Company’s important products are sold under trademarks that are considered in the aggregate to be of material importance. Trademark protection continues in some countries as long as used; in other countries, as long as registered. Registration is for fixed terms and can be renewed indefinitely.

Specific aspects of the law governing market exclusivity for pharmaceuticals vary from country to country. The following summarizes key exclusivity rules in markets representing significant Company sales:

United States

A company seeking to market an innovative pharmaceutical in the United States must file a complete set of safety and efficacy data to the FDA. The type of application filed depends on whether the drug is a chemical (a small molecule) or a biological product (a large molecule). If the innovative pharmaceutical is a chemical, the company files a NDA. If the medicine is a biological product, a BLA is filed. The type of application filed affects regulatory exclusivity rights.

A competitor seeking to launch a generic substitute of a chemical innovative drug in the United States must file an Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) with the FDA. In the ANDA, the generic manufacturer needs to demonstrate only “bioequivalence” between the generic substitute and the approved NDA drug. The ANDA relies upon the safety and efficacy data previously filed by the innovator in its NDA.

Medicines approved under an NDA can receive several types of regulatory data protection. An innovative chemical pharmaceutical (also known as a new chemical entity) is entitled to five years of regulatory data protection in the U.S., during which an ANDA cannot be filed with the FDA. If an innovator’s patent is challenged, as described below, the generic manufacturer may file its ANDA after the fourth year of the five-year data protection period. A pharmaceutical drug product that contains an active ingredient that has been previously approved in an NDA, but is approved in a new formulation or for a new indication on the basis of new clinical trials, receives three years of data protection. Finally, an NDA that is designated as an Orphan Drug, which is a drug that gains an indication for treatment of a condition that occurs only rarely in the United States, can receive seven years of exclusivity for the orphan indication. During this time period neither NDAs nor ANDAs for the same drug product can be approved for the same orphan use.

Because a significant portion of patent life can be lost during the time it takes to obtain regulatory approval, the innovator can extend one patent to compensate the innovator for the lost patent term, at least in part. More specifically, the innovator may identify one patent, which claims the product or its approved method of use, and, depending on a number of factors, may extend the expiration date of that patent. There are two limits to these extensions. First, the maximum term a patent can be extended is 5 years, and second, the extension cannot cause the patent to be in effect for more than 14 years from the date of NDA approval.

A company may also earn six months of additional exclusivity for a drug where specific clinical trials are conducted at the written request of the FDA to study the use of the medicine to treat pediatric patients, and submission to the FDA is made prior to the loss of basic exclusivity. This six-month period extends most forms of exclusivity (patent and regulatory) that are listed with the FDA at the time the studies are completed and submitted to the FDA.

Currently, generic versions of biological products cannot be approved under U.S. law; however, the FDA is taking steps toward allowing generic versions of biologics, and these laws could change in the near future. Competitors seeking approval of biological products must file their own safety and efficacy data, and address the challenges of biologics manufacturing, which involves more complex processes and are more costly than those of traditional pharmaceutical operations.

Beyond the minimum period of regulatory exclusivity provided by U.S. law, many (but not all) innovative drugs are also covered by patents held by the NDA sponsor.

The innovator company is required to list certain of its patents covering the medicine with the FDA in what is commonly known as the Orange Book. Absent a successful patent challenge, the FDA cannot approve an ANDA until after the innovator’s listed patents expire. However, after the innovator has marketed its product for four years, a generic manufacturer may file an ANDA and allege that one or more of the patents listed in the Orange Book under an innovator’s NDA is either invalid or not infringed. This allegation

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is commonly known as a “Paragraph IV certification.” The innovator then must choose whether to file suit against the generic manufacturer to protect its patents. If one or more of the NDA-listed patents are successfully challenged, or if the innovator chooses not to sue, the first filer of a Paragraph IV certification may be entitled to a 180-day period of market exclusivity as against all other generic manufacturers. From time to time ANDAs, including Paragraph IV certifications, are filed with respect to certain of the Company’s products. The Company evaluates these ANDAs on a case-by-case basis and, where warranted, files suit against the generic manufacturer to protect its patent rights.

Several recent developments in the United States have increased the likelihood of generic challenges to innovators’ intellectual property, and thus, increased the risk of loss of innovators’ market exclusivity. First, generic companies have increasingly sought to challenge innovators’ basic patents covering major pharmaceutical products. For a discussion of one such litigation related to patent challenges by generic companies, see “Item 8. Financial Statements—Note 21. Legal Proceedings and Contingencies—PLAVIX* Litigation.” Second, new statutory and regulatory provisions in the United States limit the ability of an innovator company to prevent generic drugs from being approved and launched while patent litigation is ongoing. Third, the FDA is actively considering ways to expand the use of a regulatory mechanism that allows for regulatory approval of drugs that are similar to (but not generic copies of) innovative drugs on the basis of less extensive data than is required for a full NDA. As a result of all of these developments, it is not possible to predict the length of market exclusivity for a particular Company product with certainty based solely on the expiration of the relevant patent(s) or the current forms of regulatory exclusivity. For more information about new legislation, see “—Government Regulation and Price Constraints” below.

European Union

In the EU, most innovative pharmaceuticals are entitled to ten years of regulatory data protection if marketing approval is obtained via the “centralized procedure.” A product that receives approval under the centralized procedure automatically receives approval in every member state of the EU. However, a company then must obtain pricing and reimbursement for the pharmaceutical product, which is typically subject to member state law. The pricing and reimbursement procedure can take months, and sometimes years, to obtain. Consequently, regardless of whether or not the innovative medicine is covered by patents, generic copies relying on the innovator’s data usually cannot be approved for a minimum of ten years after approval. For innovative pharmaceuticals that gain marketing approval using the non-centralized mutual recognition procedure, this period is six or ten years depending on the individual EU member state. However, regardless of regulatory exclusivity, competitors may obtain approval of an identical product on the basis of their own safety and efficacy data at any time. For more information regarding the regulation of pharmaceutical products in the EU, see “—Government Regulation and Price Constraints” below.

Patents on pharmaceutical products are generally enforceable in the EU. However, in contrast to the United States, patents are not listed with regulatory authorities. Generic copies can be approved after data protection expires, regardless of whether the innovator holds patents covering its drug. Thus, it is possible that an innovator may be seeking to enforce its patents against a generic competitor that is already marketing its product. Also, the European patent system has an opposition procedure in which generic manufacturers may challenge the validity of patents covering innovator products within nine months of grant. As in the United States, patents in the EU may be extended to compensate for the patent term lost during the regulatory review process. Such extensions are granted on a country-by-country basis.

In general, EU law treats chemically synthesized drugs and biologically derived drugs the same with respect to intellectual property and market exclusivity.

Japan

In Japan, medicines of new chemical entities are generally afforded six years of protection for approved indications and dosage. Patents on pharmaceutical products are enforceable. Generic copies can receive regulatory approval after data protection and patent expirations. As in the United States, patents in Japan may be extended to compensate for the patent term lost during the regulatory review process.

In general, Japanese law treats chemically synthesized and biologically derived drugs the same with respect to intellectual property and market exclusivity.

Rest of World

In countries outside of the United States, the EU and Japan, there is a wide variety of legal systems with respect to intellectual property and market exclusivity of pharmaceuticals. Most other developed countries utilize systems similar to either the United States (e.g., Canada) or the EU (e.g., Switzerland). Among less developed countries, some have adopted patent laws and/or regulatory exclusivity laws, while others have not. Some less developed nations have formally adopted laws in order to comply with World Trade Organization (WTO) commitments, but have not taken steps to implement these laws in a meaningful way. Enforcement of WTO obligations is a long process, and there is no assurance of the outcome. Thus, in assessing the likely future market exclusivity of

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the Company’s innovative drugs in less developed countries, the Company takes into account not only formal legal rights but political and other factors as well.

Marketing, Distribution and Customers

In the Company’s Pharmaceuticals and Nutritionals segments and in its ConvaTec and Medical Imaging businesses, the Company promotes its products in medical journals and directly to healthcare providers such as doctors, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, pharmacists, technologists, hospitals, Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs), Managed Care Organizations (MCOs) and government agencies. The Company also markets directly to consumers in the United States through direct-to-consumer print, radio and television advertising. In addition, the Company sponsors general advertising to educate the public about its innovative medical research. For a discussion of the regulation of promotion and marketing of pharmaceuticals, see “—Government Regulation and Price Constraints” below.

Through the Company’s sales and marketing organizations, the Company explains the approved uses and advantages of its products to medical professionals. The Company works to gain access to health authority, PBM and MCO formularies (lists of recommended or approved medicines and other products) and reimbursement lists by demonstrating the qualities and treatment benefits of its products. Marketing of prescription pharmaceuticals is limited to the approved uses of the particular product, but the Company continues to develop information about its products and provides such information in response to unsolicited inquiries from doctors and other medical professionals. All drugs must complete clinical trials required by regulatory authorities to show they are safe and effective for treating one or more medical problems. A manufacturer may choose, however, to undertake additional studies, including comparative clinical trials with competitive products, to demonstrate additional advantages of a compound. Those studies can be costly and take years to complete, and the results are uncertain. Balancing these considerations makes it difficult to decide whether and when to undertake such additional studies. But, when they are successful, such studies can have a major impact on approved marketing claims and strategies.

The Company’s operations include several pharmaceutical marketing and sales organizations. Each organization markets a distinct group of products supported by a sales force and is typically based on particular therapeutic areas or physician groups. These sales forces often focus on selling new products when they are introduced, and promotion to physicians is increasingly targeted at specialists and high value primary care physicians. In addition, Ventiv Pharma Services, LLC, a division of Ventiv Health, Inc., provides the Company with a sales force of over 375 representatives focused on CEFZIL and TEQUIN.

The Company’s prescription pharmaceutical products are sold principally to wholesalers, but the Company also sells directly to retailers, hospitals, clinics, government agencies and pharmacies. In 2004, sales to three pharmaceutical wholesalers in the United States, McKesson, Cardinal and AmerisourceBergen Corporation (AmerisourceBergen) accounted for approximately 19%, 17% and 10%, respectively, of the Company’s total net sales. In 2003, sales to McKesson, Cardinal and AmerisourceBergen accounted for approximately 17%, 15% and 13%, respectively, of the Company’s total net sales. In 2002, sales to McKesson and AmerisourceBergen each accounted for approximately 16% of the Company’s total net sales and sales to Cardinal accounted for 15% of the Company’s total net sales. Sales to these U.S. wholesalers were concentrated in the Pharmaceuticals segment.

Through 2002, the Company experienced a substantial buildup of wholesaler inventories in its U.S. pharmaceuticals business. For further discussion see “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Restatement of Previously Issued Financial Statements.” In 2003, the Company took steps intended to moderate inventory buying by U.S. pharmaceutical wholesalers, which can result in sales fluctuations unrelated to consumer demand. In 2003, the Company entered into new inventory management agreements (IMAs) with AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal, McKesson and other wholesalers. The agreements have terms of 2 years, cancelable by either party after 1 year. The IMAs generally establish limits on inventory levels of BMS pharmaceutical products held by the wholesalers, permit limited buy-ins of BMS pharmaceutical products by the wholesalers after price increases at pre-price increase prices, and require the wholesalers to provide the Company with data relating to the wholesalers’ sales and inventory levels of BMS pharmaceutical products. The IMAs will expire between September 2005 and December 2005. The Company has had discussions with certain of its U.S. wholesaler customers about extending and renewing its agreements for periods beyond their current expiration. The Company expects these discussions to continue during 2005.

The Company is the exclusive distributor of ERBITUX* in North America. Under the terms of an agreement with McKesson, McKesson provides warehousing, packing and shipping for filling orders for ERBITUX*. To maintain the integrity of the product, special storage conditions and handling are required. Accordingly, all sales of ERBITUX*, including purchase requests from other wholesalers, are processed through the Company, and McKesson will only ship ERBITUX* to end-users of the product and not to other intermediaries to hold for later sales. This agreement expires March 31, 2005, however the Company has the option to extend the agreement to June 30, 2005.

For information on sales and marketing of consumer medicines and nutritionals, see “—Nutritionals Segment” and “—Other Healthcare Segment—Consumer Medicines” above.

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Competition

The markets in which the Company competes are generally broad-based and highly competitive. The principal means of competition vary among product categories and business groups.

The Company’s Pharmaceuticals segment competes with other worldwide research-based drug companies, many smaller research companies with more limited therapeutic focus and generic drug manufacturers. Important competitive factors include product efficacy, safety and ease of use, price and demonstrated cost-effectiveness, marketing effectiveness, product labeling, service and research and development of new products and processes. Sales of the Company’s products can be impacted by new studies that indicate a competitor’s product has greater efficacy for treating a disease or particular form of disease than one of the Company’s products. The Company’s sales also can be impacted by additional labeling requirements for better tolerability, safety or convenience that may be imposed on its products by the FDA or by similar regulatory agencies in different countries. If competitors introduce new products and processes with therapeutic or cost advantages, the Company’s products can be subject to progressive price reductions or decreased volume of sales, or both. For example, in the growing market for statins, which reduce cholesterol, PRAVACHOL, the Company’s second largest product ranked by 2004 net sales ($2.6 billion), experienced increased competition from established brands and new entrants. U.S. prescriptions for PRAVACHOL declined 10% in 2004 compared to 2003. PRAVACHOL has begun to lose exclusivity in Europe. Between now and its anticipated loss of U.S. exclusivity in April 2006, its expected rate of decline in sales and in share of the statin segment could be accelerated by increased competition.

To successfully compete for business with managed care and pharmacy benefits management organizations, the Company must often demonstrate that its products offer not only medical benefits but also cost advantages as compared with other forms of care. Most new products that the Company introduces must compete with other products already on the market or products that are later developed by competitors. Manufacturers of generic pharmaceuticals typically invest far less in research and development than research-based pharmaceutical companies and therefore can price their products significantly lower than branded products. Accordingly, when a branded product loses its market exclusivity, it normally faces intense price competition from generic forms of the product. In certain countries outside the United States, patent protection is weak or nonexistent and the Company must compete with generic versions shortly after it launches its innovative product.

Many other companies, large and small, manufacture and sell one or more products that are similar to those marketed by the Company’s Nutritionals and Other Healthcare segments. Sources of competitive advantage include product quality and efficacy, brand identity, advertising and promotion, product innovation, broad distribution capabilities, customer satisfaction and price. Significant expenditures for advertising, promotion and marketing are generally required to achieve both consumer and trade acceptance of these products.

The Company believes its long-term competitive position depends upon its success in discovering and developing innovative, cost-effective products that serve unmet medical needs, together with its ability to manufacture the products efficiently and to market them effectively in a highly competitive environment. There can be no assurance that the Company’s research and development efforts will result in commercially successful products or that its products or processes will not become outmoded from time to time as a result of products or processes developed by its competitors.

Managed Care Organizations

The growth of MCOs in the United States has been a major factor in the competitive make-up of the healthcare marketplace. Over half the U.S. population now participates in some version of managed care. Because of the size of the patient population covered by MCOs, marketing of prescription drugs to them and the PBMs that serve many of those organizations has become important to the Company’s business. MCOs can include medical insurance companies, medical plan administrators, health-maintenance organizations, alliances of hospitals and physicians and other physician organizations. Those organizations have been consolidating into fewer, even larger entities, enhancing their purchasing strength and importance to the Company.

A major objective of MCOs is to contain and, where possible, reduce health care expenditures. They typically use formularies, volume purchases and long-term contracts to negotiate discounts from pharmaceutical providers. MCOs and PBMs typically develop formularies to reduce their cost for medications. Formularies can be based on the prices and therapeutic benefits of the available products. Due to their generally lower cost, generic medicines are often favored. The breadth of the products covered by formularies can vary considerably from one MCO to another, and many formularies include alternative and competitive products for treatment of particular medical problems. MCOs use a variety of means to encourage patients’ use of products listed on their formularies.

Exclusion of a product from a formulary can lead to its sharply reduced usage in the MCO patient population. Consequently, pharmaceutical companies compete aggressively to have their products included. Where possible, companies compete for inclusion based upon unique features of their products, such as greater efficacy, better patient ease of use or fewer side effects. A lower overall

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cost of therapy is also an important factor. Products that demonstrate fewer therapeutic advantages must compete for inclusion based primarily on price. The Company has been generally, although not universally, successful in having its major products included on MCO formularies.

Generic Competition

One of the biggest competitive challenges that the Company faces in the United States and, to a less extent, internationally is from generic pharmaceutical manufacturers. Upon the expiration or loss of market exclusivity on a product, the Company can lose the major portion of sales of that product in a very short period of time. In the United States, the FDA approval process exempts generics from costly and time-consuming clinical trials to demonstrate their safety and efficacy, and allows generic manufacturers to rely on the safety and efficacy of the pioneer product. Therefore, generic competitors operate without the Company’s large research and development expenses and its costs of conveying medical information about the product to the medical community. For more information about market exclusivity, see “—Intellectual Property and Product Exclusivity” above.

The rate of sales decline of a product after the expiration of exclusivity varies by country. In general, the decline in the U.S. market is more rapid than in most other developed countries. Also, the declines in developed countries tend to be more rapid than in less developed countries.

The rate of sales decline after the expiration of exclusivity has also historically been influenced by product characteristics. For example, drugs that are used in a large patient population (e.g., those prescribed by primary care physicians) tend to experience more rapid declines than drugs in specialized areas of medicine (e.g., oncology). Drugs that are more complex to manufacture (e.g., sterile injectable products) usually experience a slower decline than those that are simpler to manufacture.

As noted above, MCOs that focus primarily on the immediate cost of drugs often favor generics over brand-name drugs. Many governments also encourage the use of generics as alternatives to brand-name drugs in their healthcare programs. Laws in the United States generally allow, and in many cases require, pharmacists to substitute generic drugs that have been rated under government procedures to be therapeutically equivalent to a brand-name drug. The substitution must be made unless the prescribing physician expressly forbids it. These laws and policies provide an added incentive for generic manufacturers to seek marketing approval as the automatic substitution removes the need for generic manufacturers to incur many of the sales and marketing costs, which innovators must incur.

Research and Development

The Company invests heavily in research and development because it believes it is critical to its long-term competitiveness. Pharmaceutical research and development is carried out by the Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharmaceutical Research Institute, which has major facilities in Princeton, Hopewell and New Brunswick, New Jersey and Wallingford, Connecticut. Pharmaceutical research and development is also carried out at various other facilities in the United States and in Belgium, Canada, France, and the United Kingdom. Management continues to emphasize leadership, innovation, productivity and quality as strategies for success in the Pharmaceutical Research Institute.

The Company spent $2,500 million in 2004, $2,279 million in 2003 and $2,206 million in 2002 on Company sponsored research and development activities. Company sponsored pharmaceutical research and development spending (including certain payments under third-party collaborations and contracts), as a percentage of Pharmaceutical sales, was 14.8% in 2004, compared with 14.2% in 2003 and 16.5% in 2002. At the end of 2004, the Company employed approximately 7,300 people in research and development throughout the Company, including over 5,500 in the Pharmaceutical Research Institute, including a substantial number of physicians, scientists holding graduate or postgraduate degrees and higher skilled technical personnel.

The Company concentrates its pharmaceutical research and development efforts in the following ten critical disease areas: Affective (psychiatric) disorders, Alzheimer’s/dementia, atherosclerosis/thrombosis, diabetes, hepatitis, human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS), obesity, oncology, rheumatoid arthritis and related diseases and solid organ transplant. However, the Company continues to analyze and may selectively pursue promising leads in other areas. In addition to discovering and developing new molecular entities, the Company looks for ways to expand the value of existing products through new uses and formulations that can provide additional benefits to patients.

To supplement the Company’s internal efforts, the Company collaborates with independent research organizations, including educational institutions and research-based pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, and contracts with others for the performance of research in their facilities. The Company uses the services of physicians, hospitals, medical schools and other research organizations worldwide to conduct clinical trials to establish the safety and effectiveness of new products. The Company actively seeks out investments in external research and technologies that hold the promise to complement and strengthen its own

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research efforts. These investments can take many forms, including licensing arrangements, codevelopment and comarketing agreements, copromotion arrangements and joint ventures.

Drug development is time-consuming, expensive and risky. In the development of human health products, industry practice and government regulations in the United States and most foreign countries provide for the determination of effectiveness and safety of new molecular entities through preclinical tests and controlled clinical evaluation. Before a new drug may be marketed in the United States, recorded data on preclinical and clinical experience are included in the NDA or the BLA to the FDA for the required approval. The development of certain other products is also subject to government regulations covering safety and efficacy in the United States and many foreign countries. There can be no assurance that a compound developed as a result of any program will obtain the regulatory approvals necessary for it to be marketed for any particular disease indication.

On average, only about one in ten thousand chemical compounds discovered by pharmaceutical industry researchers proves to be both medically effective and safe enough to become an approved medicine. The process from discovery to regulatory approval typically takes ten years or longer. Drug candidates can fail at any stage of the process, and even late-stage product candidates sometimes fail to receive regulatory approval. The Company believes its investments in research, both internally and in collaboration with others, have been rewarded by the number of new pharmaceutical compounds and indications it has in all stages of development.

The Company’s drug discovery program includes many alliances and collaborative agreements. These agreements bring new products into the pipeline or help the Company remain on the cutting edge of technology in the search for novel medicines.

Listed below are several investigational compounds that the Company has in the later stages of development. All of these compounds are in or entering Phase II or Phase III clinical trials. Whether or not any of these investigational compounds ultimately becomes one of the Company’s marketed products depends on the results of pre-clinical and clinical studies, the competitive landscape of the potential product’s market and the manufacturing processes necessary to produce the potential product on a commercial scale, among other factors. The Company filed applications to the FDA for entecavir in September 2004 and muraglitazar in December 2004. The Company also filed a rolling BLA for abatacept (CTLA4Ig) under the provisions of the FDA’s Continuous Marketing Application, Pilot 1 and expects that submission to be completed in early 2005. However, as noted above, there can be no assurance that the Company will seek regulatory approval of any of these compounds or that, if such approval is sought, it will be obtained. At this stage of development, the Company cannot determine all intellectual property issues or all the patent protection that may, or may not, be available for these investigational compounds. The patent coverage highlighted below does not include potential term extensions.

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The Company will not pursue further development of Razaxaban, the Company’s first factor Xa inhibitor studied in patients. Although Razaxaban provided proof of principle for the molecular target in Phase II clinical trials for the prevention of deep vein thrombosis, the Company has identified another factor Xa inhibitor, which was a follow-on to Razaxaban, that has a more favorable profile. That factor Xa inhibitor is being developed internally for the prevention of deep vein thrombosis and is currently in Phase II clinical trials. The Company has one or more patent(s) and/or pending patent application(s) that cover the composition of matter, which expire (or, in the case of a pending patent application, will expire if issued), in the U.S. between 2019 and 2022.

The Company’s competitors also devote substantial funds and resources to research and development. In addition, the consolidation that has occurred in the pharmaceutical industry has created companies with substantial research and development resources. The extent to which the Company’s competitors are successful in their research could result in erosion of the sales of its products and unanticipated product obsolescence.

Government Regulation and Price Constraints

The pharmaceutical industry is subject to extensive global regulation by regional, country, state and local agencies. The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDC Act), other federal statutes and regulations, various state statutes and regulations, and laws and regulations of foreign governments govern to varying degrees the testing, approval, production, labeling, distribution, post-market surveillance, advertising, dissemination of information, and promotion of the Company’s products. The lengthy process of laboratory and clinical testing, data analysis, manufacturing, development, and regulatory review necessary for required governmental approvals is extremely costly and can significantly delay product introductions in a given market. Promotion, marketing, manufacturing, and distribution of pharmaceutical products are extensively regulated in all major world markets. In addition, the Company’s operations are subject to complex federal, state, local, and foreign environmental and occupational safety laws and regulations. The Company anticipates that the laws and regulations affecting the manufacture and sale of current products and the introduction of new products will continue to require substantial scientific and technical effort, time, expense and significant capital investment.

Of particular importance is the FDA in the United States. It has jurisdiction over virtually all of the Company’s businesses and imposes requirements covering the testing, safety, effectiveness, manufacturing, labeling, marketing, advertising and post-marketing surveillance of the Company’s pharmaceutical products. The FDA also regulates most of the Company’s Nutritionals and Other Healthcare products. In many cases, the FDA requirements have increased the amount of time and money necessary to develop new products and bring them to market in the United States.

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The Company’s pharmaceutical products are subject to pre-market approval requirements in the United States. New drugs are approved under, and are subject to, the FDC Act and related regulations. Biological drugs are subject to both the FDC Act and the Public Health Service Act (PHS Act), and related regulations. Biological drugs are licensed under the PHS Act.

The FDA mandates that drugs be manufactured, packaged and labeled in conformity with current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) established by the FDA. In complying with cGMP regulations, manufacturers must continue to expend time, money and effort in production, record keeping and quality control to ensure that the product meets applicable specifications and other requirements to ensure product safety and efficacy. The FDA periodically inspects drug manufacturing facilities to ensure compliance with applicable cGMP requirements. Failure to comply with the statutory and regulatory requirements subjects the manufacturer to possible legal or regulatory action, such as suspension of manufacturing, seizure of product or voluntary recall of a product. Adverse experiences with the use of products must be reported to the FDA and could result in the imposition of market restrictions through labeling changes or in product removal. Product approvals may be withdrawn if compliance with regulatory requirements is not maintained or if problems concerning safety or efficacy of the product occur following approval.

The federal government has extensive enforcement powers over the activities of pharmaceutical manufacturers, including authority to withdraw product approvals, commence actions to seize and prohibit the sale of unapproved or non-complying products, to halt manufacturing operations that are not in compliance with cGMPs, and to impose or seek injunctions, voluntary recalls, and civil monetary and criminal penalties. Such a restriction or prohibition on sales or withdrawal of approval of products marketed by the Company could materially adversely affect its business, financial condition and results of operations.

Marketing authorization for the Company’s products is subject to revocation by the applicable governmental agencies. In addition, modifications or enhancements of approved products or changes in manufacturing locations are in many circumstances subject to additional FDA approvals, which may or may not be received and which may be subject to a lengthy application process.

The distribution of pharmaceutical products is subject to the Prescription Drug Marketing Act, known as “PDMA,” as part of the FDC Act, which regulates such activities at both the federal and state level. Under the PDMA and its implementing regulations, states are permitted to require registration of manufacturers and distributors who provide pharmaceuticals even if such manufacturers or distributors have no place of business within the state. States are also permitted to adopt regulations limiting the distribution of product samples to licensed practitioners. The PDMA also imposes extensive licensing, personnel record keeping, packaging, quantity, labeling, product handling and facility storage and security requirements intended to prevent the sale of pharmaceutical product samples or other diversions.

The marketing practices of all U.S. pharmaceutical manufacturers are subject to federal and state health care laws that are used to protect the integrity of government health care programs. The Office of Inspector General of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (OIG) oversees compliance with applicable federal laws, in connection with the payment for products by government funded programs (primarily Medicaid and Medicare.) These laws include the federal anti-kickback statute which criminalizes the offering of something of value to induce the recommendation, order or purchase of products or services reimbursed under a government health care program. The OIG has issued a series of Guidances to segments of the health care industry, including a recommendation that pharmaceutical manufacturers, at a minimum, adhere to the PhRMA Code, a voluntary industry code of marketing practices. The Company subscribes to the PhRMA Code, and has implemented a compliance program to address the requirements set forth in the OIG Guidance and its compliance with the health care laws. Failure to comply with these health care laws could subject the Company to administrative and legal proceedings, including actions by the state and federal government agencies. Such actions could result in the imposition of civil and criminal sanctions, which may include fines, penalties and injunctive remedies, the impact of which could materially adversely affect the Company’s business, financial condition and results of operations.

The Company is also subject to the jurisdiction of various other federal and state regulatory and enforcement departments and agencies, such as the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the Department of Justice and the Department of Health and Human Services in the United States. The Company is also licensed by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency to procure and produce controlled substances. The Company is, therefore, subject to possible administrative and legal proceedings and actions by those organizations. Such actions may result in the imposition of civil and criminal sanctions, which may include fines, penalties and injunctive or administrative remedies.

Various federal and state agencies have regulatory authority regarding the manufacture, storage, transportation and disposal of many Medical Imaging products because of their radioactive nature.

The Company’s activities outside the United States are also subject to regulatory requirements governing the testing, approval, safety, effectiveness, manufacturing, labeling and marketing of the Company’s products. These regulatory requirements vary from country to country. In the EU, there are two ways that a company can obtain marketing authorization for a pharmaceutical product. The first route is the “centralized procedure.” This procedure is compulsory for certain pharmaceutical products, in particular those using biotechnological processes, but also is available for certain new chemical compounds and products. The second route to obtain

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marketing authorization in the EU is the “mutual recognition procedure.” Applications are made to a single member state, and if the member state approves the pharmaceutical product under a national procedure, then the applicant may submit that approval to the mutual recognition procedure of some or all other member states. As set forth above, pricing and reimbursement of the product continues to be the subject of member state law.

Whether or not FDA approval or approval of the European Medicines Evaluation Agency has been obtained for a product, approval of the product by comparable regulatory authorities of countries outside of the United States or the EU, as the case may be, must be obtained prior to marketing the product in those countries. The approval process may be more or less rigorous from country to country and the time required for approval may be longer or shorter than that required in the United States. Approval in one country does not assure that such product will be approved in another country.

In many markets outside the United States, the Company operates in an environment of government-mandated, cost-containment programs. Several governments have placed restrictions on physician prescription levels and patient reimbursements, emphasized greater use of generic drugs and/or enacted across-the-board price cuts as methods of cost control. Most European countries do not provide market pricing for new medicines, except the United Kingdom and Germany. Pricing freedom is limited in the United Kingdom by the operation of a profit control plan and in Germany by the operation of a reference price system. Companies also face significant delays, mainly in France, Spain, Italy and Belgium, in market access for new products, and more than two years can elapse before new medicines become available on some national markets. Additionally, member states of the EU have regularly imposed new or additional cost containment measures for pharmaceuticals. In recent years, Italy, for example, has imposed mandatory price decreases. The existence of price differentials within Europe due to the different national pricing and reimbursement laws leads to significant parallel trade flows.

In recent years, Congress and some state legislatures have considered a number of proposals and have enacted laws that could effect major changes in the healthcare system, either nationally or at the state level. Driven in part by budget concerns, Medicaid access and reimbursement restrictions have been implemented in some states and proposed in many others. Similar cost containment issues exist in many foreign countries where the Company does business.

On December 8, 2003, the Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act (MMA) was enacted to provide outpatient prescription drug coverage to senior citizens in the United States. Under the legislation, an interim drug discount card program began in June 2004 allowing Medicare beneficiaries to obtain a Medicare endorsed, drug-discount card from an MCO, PBM or other private sector provider, while the main drug benefit, eligibility for a stand-alone drug plan, is scheduled to begin in 2006. The new drug benefit will be administered regionally through private insurance plans or PBMs, and the law allows Medicare to negotiate directly with pharmaceutical companies in regions without a private drug benefit program. The legislation allows for the importation of less expensive prescription drugs from Canada, but only if the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services certifies that such importation would be safe and would result in savings to customers, which it has so far not done. There can be no assurance that this certification requirement will be maintained in future legislation or that the certification will continue to be withheld. Prior to the MMA, federal law would have permitted importation of medicines into the U.S. from a considerably larger group of developed countries, provided the U.S. Health and Human Services Department made the same safety and cost-savings certifications. The Company cannot predict the potential impact that this legislation will have on its business, because it is not clear how the law will be implemented by regulators or received by consumers and physicians. While usage of pharmaceuticals may increase as the result of the expanded access to medicines afforded by the partial reimbursement under Medicare, this may be offset by increased pricing pressures due to the enhanced purchasing power of the private sector providers that will negotiate on behalf of Medicare beneficiaries. The impact of this legislation was negative for the Company’s U.S. oncology business in 2004, as reimbursement levels have been reduced for certain oncology products administered in the outpatient setting, including PARAPLATIN. The impact could also be negative over the intermediate and longer term for the Company’s U.S. pharmaceutical business generally as greater federal involvement and budget constraints may increase the likelihood of pricing pressures or controls in the future.

Federal and state governments also have pursued direct methods to reduce the cost of drugs for which they pay. The Company participates in state government-managed Medicaid programs as well as certain other qualifying federal and state government programs whereby discounts and rebates are provided to participating state and local government entities. Rebates under Medicaid and related state programs reduced revenues by $673 million in 2004, $523 million in 2003 and $490 million in 2002. The Company also participates in prime vendor programs with government entities, the most significant of which are the U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. These entities receive minimum discounts based off a defined “non-federal average manufacturer price” for purchases. Other prime vendor programs in which the Company participates provide discounts for outpatient medicines purchased by certain Public Health Service entities and “disproportionate share” hospitals (hospitals meeting certain criteria). The Company recorded discounts related to the prime vendor programs of $1,319 million in 2004, $1,228 million in 2003 and $1,028 million in 2002.

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In 2004, the Company conducted an analysis of its past and proposed systems for calculating prices for reporting under governmental rebate and pricing programs. The results of this analysis identified the need for revisions to the methodology and processes used for calculating past rebate amounts and reported pricing. In the third quarter of 2004, based on the results of the Company’s analysis to date, the Company recorded a liability, which was not material, equal to the estimated additional rebate liability resulting from these revisions. Upon completion of the analysis in the fourth quarter, the Company determined that this liability was not necessary and, consequently, has reversed it. The Company has remediated its internal controls over these processes and procedures the Company believes resulted in these proposed revisions to its rebate calculation methodology and continues to strengthen such internal controls. For additional information, see “Item 8. Financial Statements—Note 21. Legal Proceedings and Contingencies—Pricing, Sales and Promotional Practices Litigation and Investigations.”

In the United States, governmental cost containment efforts have extended to the federally funded Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for WIC. All states participate in the WIC program and have sought and obtained rebates from manufacturers of infant formula whose products are used in the program. All states have conducted competitive bidding for infant formula contracts, which require the use of specific infant formula products by the state WIC program, unless a physician requests a non-contract formula for a WIC customer. States participating in the WIC program are required to engage in competitive bidding or to use other cost containment measures that yield savings equal to or greater than the savings generated by a competitive bidding system. Mead Johnson participates in this program and approximately half of its gross U.S. sales are subject to rebates under the WIC program.

Pending pharmaceutical legislation in the EU, which is expected to be implemented by the member states this year, will have an impact on the procedures for authorization of pharmaceutical products in the EU under both the centralized and mutual recognition procedures. In particular, the legislation contains new data protection provisions. All products (regardless of whether they have been approved under the centralized or the mutual recognition procedures) will be subject to an “8+2+1” regime. Eight years after the innovator has received its first community authorization for a medicinal product, a generic company may file a marketing authorization application for that product with the health authorities. However, the generic company may not commercialize the product until after either ten or eleven years have elapsed from the initial marketing authorization granted to the innovator. The possible one year extension is available if the innovator, during the first eight years of the marketing authorization, obtains an additional indication that is of significant clinical benefit in comparison with existing treatments. There is a transitional provision for these new data protection requirements, and it is expected that these provisions will apply as new marketing authorization applications are submitted under the new legislation.

The merger of two separate Japanese pharmaceutical regulatory offices may lead to gains in efficiency and timeliness of drug registration in Japan. However, the pricing environment for pharmaceuticals in Japan remains challenging due to reference pricing and biennial government mandated price reductions.

Environmental Regulation

The Company’s facilities and operations are subject to extensive U.S. and foreign laws and regulations relating to environmental protection and human health and safety, including those governing discharges of pollutants into the air and water, the use, management and disposal of hazardous, radioactive and biological materials and wastes, and the cleanup of contamination. Pollution controls and permits are required for many of the Company’s operations, and these permits are subject to modification, renewal or revocation by the issuing authorities.

A corporate environment, health and safety group monitors operations around the world, providing the Company with an overview of regulatory requirements and overseeing the implementation of Company standards for compliance. The Company also incurs operating and capital costs for such matters on an ongoing basis. The Company expended approximately $60 million, $55 million and $27 million on capital environmental projects undertaken specifically to meet environmental requirements in 2002, 2003 and 2004, respectively, and expects to spend approximately $50 million in 2005. Although the Company believes that it is in substantial compliance with applicable environmental, health and safety requirements and the permits required for its operations, the Company nevertheless could incur additional costs, including civil or criminal fines or penalties, clean-up costs, or third-party claims for property damage or personal injury, for violations or liabilities under these laws.

Many of the Company’s current and former facilities have been in operation for many years, and, over time, the Company and other operators of those facilities have generated, used, stored or disposed of substances or wastes that are considered hazardous under environmental laws. As a result, the soil and groundwater at or under certain of these facilities is or may be contaminated, and the Company may be required to make significant expenditures to investigate, control and remediate such contamination. The Company is also potentially responsible for environmental conditions at a number of waste disposal or reprocessing facilities operated by third parties. Currently, the Company is involved in investigation or remediation activities at approximately 50 sites, and has been named as a potentially responsible party (PRP) under the U.S. Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) at approximately 25 of these sites.

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CERCLA and similar state statutes may impose liability for the entire cost of investigation or remediation of contaminated sites on any party, regardless of fault or ownership at the time of the disposal or release. Generally, where there are multiple potentially responsible parties, liability has been apportioned based on the nature and amount of hazardous substances disposed of by each party at the site and the number of financially viable parties.

Based on the Company’s current estimates of cleanup costs and its expected share of financial responsibility, the Company does not expect its expenditures in connection with CERCLA or other remediation matters to be material. Expenditures could rise in the future if substantial unknown contamination is discovered at one of the Company’s current or former facilities, applicable standards become more stringent, or if other PRPs fail to participate in cost-sharing at any site at which the Company has financial responsibility.

For additional information about these matters, see “Item 8. Financial Statements—Note 21. Legal Proceedings and Contingencies.”

Employees

The Company employed approximately 43,000 people at December 31, 2004.

Foreign Operations

The Company has significant operations outside the United States. They are conducted both through the Company’s subsidiaries and through distributors, and involve all three of the same business segments as the Company’s U.S. operations —Pharmaceuticals, Nutritionals and Other Healthcare.

Revenues from operations outside the United States of $8.8 billion accounted for 45% of the Company’s total revenues in 2004. In 2004, revenues exceeded $500 million in each of France, Japan, Germany, Spain, Italy, Canada, and the U.K. No single country outside the United States contributed more than 10% of the Company’s total revenues. For a geographic breakdown of net sales, see the table captioned Geographic in “Item 8. Financial Statements—Note 18. Segment Information” and for further discussion of the Company’s sales by geographic area see “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Geographic Areas.”

International operations are subject to certain risks, which are inherent in conducting business abroad, including currency fluctuations, possible nationalization or expropriation, price and exchange controls, limitations on foreign participation in local enterprises and other restrictive governmental actions. The Company’s international businesses are also subject to government-imposed constraints, including laws on pricing or reimbursement for use of products.

Depending on the direction of change relative to the U.S. dollar, foreign currency values can increase or reduce the reported dollar value of the Company’s net assets and results of operations. In 2004, the change in foreign exchange rates had a net favorable impact on revenues. While the Company cannot predict with certainty future changes in foreign exchange rates or the effect they will have on it, the Company attempts to mitigate their impact through operational means and by using various financial instruments. See the discussion under “Item 8. Financial Statements—Note 17. Financial Instruments.”

The Company’s world headquarters is located at 345 Park Avenue, New York, New York, where it leases approximately 375,000 square feet of floor space, approximately 215,000 square feet of which is sublet to others.

The Company manufactures products at 38 major worldwide locations with an aggregate floor space of approximately 12.2 million square feet. All facilities are owned by the Company. The following table illustrates the geographic location of the Company’s significant manufacturing facilities by business segment.

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Portions of these facilities and other facilities owned or leased by the Company in the United States and elsewhere are used for research, administration, storage and distribution. For further information about the Company’s facilities, see “Item 1. Business—Manufacturing and Quality Assurance.”

Information pertaining to legal proceedings can be found in “Item 8. Financial Statements—Note 21. Legal Proceedings and Contingencies” and is incorporated by reference herein.

No matters were submitted to a vote of security holders during the fourth quarter of the year ended December 31, 2004.

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PART IA

Executive Officers of the Registrant

Listed below is information on executive officers of the Company as of February 28, 2005. Executive officers are elected by the Board of Directors for an initial term, which continues until the first Board meeting following the next annual meeting of stockholders and thereafter are elected for a one-year term or until their successors have been elected. All executive officers serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors.

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PART II

Market Prices

Bristol-Myers Squibb common and preferred stocks are traded on the New York Stock Exchange and the Pacific Exchange, Inc. (symbols: BMY; BMYPR). A quarterly summary of the high and low market prices is presented below:

Holders of Common Stock

The number of record holders of common stock at December 31, 2004 was 87,076.

The number of record holders is based upon the actual number of holders registered on the books of the Company at such date and does not include holders of shares in “street names” or persons, partnerships, associations, corporations or other entities identified in security position listings maintained by depository trust companies.

Voting Securities and Principal Holders

Reference is made to the 2005 Proxy Statement to be filed on or about March 23, 2005 with respect to voting securities and principal holders, which is incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof in response to the information required by this Item 5.

Dividends

Dividends declared per share in 2004 and 2003 were:

In December 2004, the Board of Directors of the Company declared a quarterly dividend of $.28 per share on the common stock of the Company, which was paid on February 1, 2005 to shareholders of record as of January 7, 2005.

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

About the Company

Bristol-Myers Squibb is a worldwide pharmaceutical and related healthcare products company whose mission is to extend and enhance human life. The Company is engaged in the discovery, development, licensing, manufacturing, marketing, distribution and sale of pharmaceuticals and other healthcare related products. The Company employs approximately 43,000 people.

In 2004, the Company reported annual global sales from continuing operations of $19.4 billion. Sales increased 4% from the prior year level due to the favorable impact from foreign exchange rate fluctuations. U.S. sales remained constant at $10.6 billion, as increased sales of key brands and newer products were offset by exclusivity losses on older brands, while international sales increased 10%, to $8.8 billion including an 8% favorable foreign exchange impact. In 2004, two product lines achieved sales of over $2.5 billion each—PLAVIX* and PRAVACHOL. PLAVIX* sales grew 35%, including a 2% favorable foreign exchange impact, to $3.3 billion, while PRAVACHOL sales decreased 7%, including a 4% favorable foreign exchange impact, to $2.6 billion. An additional 44 product lines achieved more than $50 million each in annual sales, including 30 product lines with more than $100 million each in annual sales, of which 7 had annual sales in excess of $500 million each.

In the fourth quarter of 2004, the Company signed a definitive agreement to sell its Oncology Therapeutics Network (OTN) business, a distributor of pharmaceutical products to office-based oncologists. Further, in January 2005, the Company announced that it intends to divest its U.S. and Canadian Consumer Medicines businesses.

In support of its mission to extend and enhance human life by developing the highest-quality products, in 2004, the Company invested $2.5 billion in research and development, a 10% growth over 2003, and expects to increase spending on drug development in 2005 to accelerate the development of its late-stage pipeline. Research and development dedicated to pharmaceutical products, including milestone payments for in-licensing and development programs, was $2.3 billion and as a percentage of Pharmaceutical sales was 14.8% compared to 14.2% in 2003.

In August 2004, the Company announced it entered into a settlement with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), concluding the SEC’s investigation regarding wholesaler inventory and accounting matters. The settlement was reached through a Consent Order under which the Company is currently operating. The SEC’s investigation arose from the Company’s announcement in April 2002 that the Company experienced a substantial buildup of wholesaler inventories in its U.S. pharmaceuticals business over several years, primarily in 2000 and 2001, and that the buildup was primarily due to sales incentives offered by the Company, as well as the Company’s subsequent restatement (2002 Restatement) of its consolidated financial statements for the period ended December 31, 2002 and prior periods in March 2003. For a discussion of these matters, see “—Restatement of Previously Issued Financial Statement” and “—SEC Consent Order” below.

To help ensure the circumstances that led to the need for financial restatement do not recur, the Company has taken steps to enhance the effectiveness of its disclosure controls and procedures, including internal control over financial reporting. After completing the 2002 Restatement, the Company continued to identify and implement actions to improve the effectiveness of its disclosure controls and procedures and internal controls over financial reporting. These actions contributed significantly to the Company identifying additional errors relating to prior periods not reflected in the 2002 Restatement and accordingly, the Company restated its consolidated financial statements in 2004 to correct these errors for the years 2001 and 2002. The Company continues to strengthen disclosure controls and procedures surrounding internal controls over financial reporting, specifically with respect to Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. These actions include the establishment of policies and procedures to enhance compliance and focus on risk management.

Business Environment

The pharmaceutical industry in which the Company conducts its business is highly competitive and subject to numerous government regulations. Sales of the Company’s products can be affected significantly by many competitive factors, including product efficacy, safety, price and cost-effectiveness, marketing effectiveness, product labeling, quality control and quality assurance of its manufacturing, operating and research and development of new products. To successfully compete for business in the healthcare industry, the Company must not only demonstrate that its products offer medical benefits, but also cost advantages. Currently, most of the new products introduced by the Company must compete with other products in the same therapeutic category already on the market. The Company manufactures branded products, which are subject to higher prices than generic products. Generic competition is one of the Company’s biggest challenges globally.

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In the pharmaceutical industry, the majority of an innovative product’s commercial value is usually realized during the period in which the product has market exclusivity. When a product loses exclusivity, it is no longer protected by a patent and is subject to new competing products in the form of generic brands. Upon exclusivity loss of a product, the Company can lose a major portion of that product’s sales in a short period of time. For further discussion on product exclusivity, see “Item 1. Business–Intellectual Property and Product Exclusivity.”

Both in the U.S. and internationally, the healthcare industry is subject to various government-imposed regulations which authorize prices or price controls which could have an impact on the Company’s sales. In the U.S., Congress and some state legislatures have considered a number of proposals and have enacted laws that could effect major changes in the healthcare system, either nationally or at the state level. Driven in part by budget concerns, Medicaid access and reimbursement restrictions have been implemented in some states and proposed in many others. For example, in December 2003, the Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act (MMA) was enacted to provide outpatient prescription drug coverage to senior citizens in the United States. The Company cannot predict the potential impact that this legislation will have on its business; however it could have a negative impact on the Company’s U.S. pharmaceutical business as greater federal involvement and budget constraints may increase the likelihood of pricing pressures or controls in the future. In many markets outside the United States, the Company operates in environments of government-mandated, cost-containment programs. Most European countries, except the United Kingdom and Germany, do not provide market pricing for new medicines. Pricing freedom is limited in the United Kingdom by the operation of a profit control plan and in Germany by the operation of a reference price system. Companies also face significant delays in market access for new products, and more than two years can elapse before new medicines become available on some national markets.

The growth of Managed Care Organizations (MCOs) in the U.S. has played a large role in the competition that surrounds the healthcare industry. MCOs seek to reduce healthcare expenditures for participants by making volume purchases and entering into long-term contracts to negotiate discounts with various pharmaceutical providers. Because of the market potential created by the large pool of participants, marketing prescription drugs to MCOs has become an important part of the Company’s strategy. Companies compete for inclusion in an MCO formulary and the Company has generally been successful in having its major products included.

Pharmaceutical production processes are complex, highly regulated and vary widely from product to product. Shifting or adding manufacturing capacity can be a lengthy process requiring significant capital expenditures and regulatory approvals. Biologics manufacturing involves more complex processes than those of traditional pharmaceutical operations. Although the Company does have the capacity to manufacture biologics for clinical trials and commercial launch, its current capacity to manufacture larger commercial volumes of these products is limited.

The Company has maintained a competitive position in the market and strives to uphold this position, which is dependent on its success in discovering and developing innovative, cost-effective products that serve unmet medical needs.

Strategy

The Company is implementing a new strategy to discover and develop innovative, cost-effective medicines that address significant unmet medical needs in ten critical disease areas. These areas are: Affective (psychiatric) disorders, Alzheimer’s/dementia, atherosclerosis/thrombosis, diabetes, hepatitis, human immunodeficiency virus/auto-immune immunodeficiency virus (HIV/AIDS), obesity, oncology, rheumatoid arthritis and related diseases and solid organ transplant. The Company continuously strives to create better treatments for patients by building a high quality drug discovery and development pipeline.

Since 2003, the Company has undergone a transition in its pharmaceutical product portfolio as older product lines, including the GLUCOPHAGE* franchise, MONOPRIL, TAXOL^® and PARAPLATIN, have experienced exclusivity loss. With the successful launches of newer products including ABILIFY* for the treatment of psychiatric disorders, REYATAZ for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and ERBITUX* for cancer, the portfolio is being refocused on growth brands which fall within the ten critical disease areas targeting specialists and high value primary care physicians. Sales of products within the ten disease areas have been increasing steadily, and are expected to comprise about half of pharmaceutical product sales by the end of 2005. The Company is making significant investments behind its new product launches, and re-deploying marketing and promotional spending from older products to its newer products.

In 2004, the Company submitted two New Drug Applications (NDAs) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for regulatory approval, including entecavir for hepatitis B and muraglitazar for type 2 diabetes. A rolling Biologics License Application (BLA) for abatacept for the potential treatment of rheumatoid arthritis is also expected to be completed in early 2005. The successful launch of these investigational compounds will further enhance the Company’s strategy to transition its product portfolio to cover all of the ten disease areas discussed above.

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licensing arrangements to supplement its own pipeline, and many of these arrangements have led to fruitful codevelopment, copromotion and comarketing agreements. The Company expects to continue to complement its pipeline in 2005 with additional licensed products. Another component of the Company’s strategy includes entry into the biologics business, which requires increased investments in manufacturing facilities and third-party manufacturing arrangements to meet future commercial demand expected to be generated from new product launches. In addition, the Company continues to maintain collaborations with major biotechnology and research institutions to enhance the life cycle of the Company’s product portfolio beyond initial approval/commercialization, such as offering combination therapy and product extensions.

Another major aspect of the Company’s strategy relates to how it does business, specifically in marketing and sales approaches. Specialists are playing an even greater role in decisions related to patient treatment and care, particularly in the ten critical disease areas where the Company is focusing its efforts. For this reason, the Company is recasting its business model to focus on specialists as well as with those primary care physicians who are involved in treating patients in these select disease areas. In order to achieve its strategic objectives, the Company also plans to moderate selling, general and administrative spending for the next several years, through the customer model noted above, as well as the elimination of organizational inefficiencies.

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The following discussion of the Company’s results of continuing operations excludes the results related to the OTN business, which have been segregated from continuing operations and are reflected as discontinued operations for all periods presented. See “—Discontinued Operations” below.

Net Sales

Net sales from continuing operations for 2004 increased 4% to $19.4 billion due to the favorable impact from foreign exchange rate fluctuations. U.S. net sales in 2004 remained constant at $10.6 billion compared to 2003, with growth in prescription demand for key brands including PLAVIX*, AVAPRO*/AVALIDE* and SUSTIVA, and new product introductions including ABILIFY*, REYATAZ and ERBITUX*, offset by lower sales of other products as a result of exclusivity losses for MONOPRIL, PARAPLATIN and the GLUCOPHAGE* franchise. U.S. net sales increased 13% in 2003 from $9.4 billion in 2002 while international net sales increased 18% to $8.0 billion in 2003 from $6.8 billion in 2002, or 8% excluding favorable foreign exchange. International net sales increased 10% to $8.8 billion in 2004, or 2% excluding favorable foreign exchange. This 2% growth in sales was primarily attributable to increased sales of PLAVIX*, AVAPRO*/AVALIDE* and the launch of REYATAZ and ABILIFY* in Europe, offset by a decline in PRAVACHOL. In 2003, net sales from continuing operations increased 15% to $18.7 billion, including a 4% favorable impact from foreign exchange rate fluctuations.

The composition of the net increase in sales is as follows:

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In general, the Company’s business is not seasonal. For information on U.S. pharmaceuticals prescriber demand, reference is made to the table within Business Segments under the Pharmaceuticals section below, which sets forth a comparison of changes in net sales to the estimated total prescription growth (for both retail and mail order customers) for certain of the Company’s primary care pharmaceutical products.

The Company operates in three reportable segments—Pharmaceuticals, Nutritionals and Other Healthcare. In 2004, the Company signed a definitive agreement to sell OTN, which was previously presented as a separate segment. As such, the results of operations for OTN are presented as part of the Company’s results from discontinued operations in accordance with SFAS No. 144, “Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets.” Accordingly, OTN results of operations in prior periods have been reclassified to discontinued operations to conform with current year presentations. The percent of the Company’s sales by segment were as follows:

The Company recognizes revenue for sales when substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership have transferred to the customer, which generally occurs on the date of shipment. When substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership do not transfer, the Company uses a consignment model to recognize the revenue. Under this model, the Company does not recognize revenue upon shipment of product. Rather, upon shipment of product the Company invoices the wholesaler, records deferred revenue at gross invoice sales price and classifies the inventory held by the wholesalers as consignment inventory at the Company’s cost of such inventory. The Company recognizes revenue (net of the gross to net sales adjustments discussed below, all of which involve significant estimates and judgments) when the risks and rewards of ownership are transferred to the customer, which is not later than when such inventory is sold through to the wholesalers’ customers, on a first-in, first-out (FIFO) basis. The Company’s aggregate cost of pharmaceutical products that were accounted for using the consignment model (and accordingly, were reflected as consignment inventory on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet) were not significant at December 31, 2004 and 2003. The deferred revenue related to the inventory of pharmaceutical products accounted for using the consignment model was fully worked down by December 31, 2004. Deferred revenue recorded at gross invoice sales price was approximately $12 million at December 31, 2003. Approximately $10 million, $321 million and $1,397 million of deferred revenue was recognized in 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively. The corresponding effect on earnings from continuing operations before minority interest and income taxes was an increase of $8 million, $237 million and $1,095 million in 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively.

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The Company recognizes revenue on a gross sales basis and deducts various sales adjustments to arrive at net sales as reported on the Consolidated Statement of Earnings. These adjustments are referred to as gross-to-net sales adjustments and are further described in “—Critical Accounting Policies” below. The following table summarizes the Company’s gross-to-net sales adjustments for each significant category:

In 2004, the increase from 2003 for prime vendor charge-backs and Medicaid rebates were primarily due to a shift in sales to products with higher discounts in prime vendor and Medicaid programs while the decrease in sales returns were primarily attributable to higher sales returns in 2003 resulting from discontinued products and product conversions. The overall increase in gross-to-net sales adjustments in 2003 from 2002 was primarily due to sales growth and increases in managed care rebates principally due to a shift in sales to products with higher discounts, partially offset by a decrease in WIC rebates due to a decline in state WIC contracts.

The following table sets forth the activities and ending balances of each significant category of gross-to-net sales adjustments: