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 	<li>In 2022, Revlimid, a cancer drug, lost exclusivity in the U.S., which allowed generics to eat into its market share. Once a company blockbuster, the drug saw a 22% decrease in revenue from $12.8 billion in 2021 to approximately $10 billion in 2022.</li> 
 	<li>Bristol-Myers Squibb’s other top drugs, Eliquis, an anticoagulant, and Opdivo, used for chemotherapy, brought in 21% and 15% more revenue, respectively, for 2022.</li> 
 	<li>The company faces a steep patent cliff ahead as exclusivity for Eliquis and Opdivo is set to expire in 2028, and BMS is actively investing to find another drug to add to its portfolio, spending $9.5 billion in 2022 on research and development.</li> 
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Though the company is facing a patent cliff, <a href="https://seekingalpha.com/article/4496603-bristol-myers-squibb-on-track">analysts are optimistic</a> that BMS’s strong pipeline and cash flow will help carry the company in the long run. In 2021 BMS brought in <a href="https://news.bms.com/news/corporate-financial/2022/Bristol-Myers-Squibb-Reports-Fourth-Quarter-and-Full-Year-Financial-Results-for-2021/default.aspx">$46.4 billion</a> in revenue, exceeding its annual target and registering 9% year-on-year growth. The company also <a href="https://www.fiercepharma.com/pharma/bristol-myers-ceo-caforio-takes-pay-cut-employee-metric-drags-down-bonus">reported strong</a> performance on supply-chain reliability and COVID-19 response, with a 99% vaccination rate among its employees in the U.S. and Puerto Rico. BMS published its first <a href="https://www.bms.com/about-us/global-diversity-and-inclusion/diversity-and-inclusion-report.html">global diversity and inclusion report</a> in 2021, setting goals to achieve gender parity at the executive level globally and to double the number of Black and Latinx/Hispanic executives in the U.S. by the end of 2022. 
 
BMS <a href="https://news.bms.com/news/details/2022/Bristol-Myers-Squibb-to-Highlight-Long-Term-Growth-Strategy-at-J.P.-Morgans-40th-Annual-Healthcare-Conference/default.aspx#:~:text=Bristol%20Myers%20Squibb%20plans%20to,dividend%20and%20share%20repurchase%20program.">plans to leverage</a> up to $45 billion in free cash flow in the next two years to execute a capital allocation strategy prioritizing business development and returns to shareholders. The company <a href="https://www.marketwatch.com/story/bristol-myers-squibb-sets-5-bln-accelerated-stock-buyback-bmy-271644409304">recently executed</a> a $5 billion accelerated share repurchase agreement during the first quarter, part of a multiyear $15 billion buyback program.

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Welcome to Bristol Myers Squibb Fourth Quarter 2025 Earnings Conference Call. All participants will be in listen-only mode. Should you need assistance, please signal a conference specialist by pressing the star key followed by zero. After today's presentation, there will be an opportunity to ask questions. To ask a question, you may press star then one on your telephone keypad, and to withdraw your question, please press star then two. Please note, today's event is being recorded. I would now like to turn the conference over to Chuck Triano, Senior Vice President and Head of Investor Relations. Please go ahead.

Thank you and good morning, everyone. We appreciate you joining our Fourth Quarter 2025 Earnings Call. With me this morning with prepared remarks are Chris Boerner, our Board Chair and Chief Executive Officer, and David Elkins, our Chief Financial Officer. Also participating in today's call is Adam Lenkowsky, our Chief Commercialization Officer, and Christian Massacesi, our Chief Medical Officer and Head of Global Drug Development. Earlier this morning, we posted our quarterly slide presentation to bms.com that you can use to follow along with Chris and David's remarks. Before we get started, I'll remind everybody that during this call, we will make statements about the company's future plans and prospects that constitute forward-looking statements. Actual results may differ materially from those indicated by those forward-looking statements as a result of various important factors, including those discussed in the company's SEC filings.

These forward-looking statements represent our estimates as of today and should not be relied upon as representing our estimates as of any future date, and we specifically disclaim any obligation to update forward-looking statements even if our estimates change. We'll also focus our comments on our non-GAAP financial measures, which are adjusted to exclude certain specified items. Reconciliations of certain non-GAAP financial measures to the most comparable GAAP measures are available at bms.com. Finally, unless otherwise stated, all comparisons are made from the same period in 2024, and sales growth rates will be discussed on an underlying basis, which excludes the impact of foreign exchange. All references to our P&L are on a non-GAAP basis. With that, I'll hand it over to Chris.

Thanks, Chuck. Welcome and thank you for joining us this morning. 2025 was a year of focused execution across the business. We believe our results further demonstrate the ongoing strength in our growth portfolio as we advance our multi-year plan to rewire BMS for long-term growth. These efforts enabled us to enter 2026 with good momentum. Let me start by highlighting our recent progress on slide four. We closed the year with strong fourth quarter performance. Our growth portfolio grew 15% year-over-year in Q4 and 17% for the full year. In terms of building out breadth with newer products, Opdualag, Breyanzi, and Camzyos each contributed over $1 billion in sales for the full year, while Reblozyl delivered over $2 billion. These are differentiated, durable products early in their life cycles with meaningful runway ahead that further strengthen the foundation for long-term growth.

On a full-year basis, it is worth pointing out that despite a decline of roughly $4 billion in revenue from our legacy portfolio, the growth portfolio nearly offset all of that. Cobenfy and Opdivo Subcutaneous also continued to progress well and in line with our expectations. With Cobenfy, we saw steady growth as we expanded access and deepened adoption across community and hospital settings, and we expect this steady growth to continue throughout the year. Opdivo Subcutaneous continued to receive positive early feedback from users with improved practice efficiency and patient preferences as the main drivers. David will provide more detail on our portfolio's performance shortly. Turning to recent clinical and regulatory highlights. In December, Breyanzi received FDA approval as the first and only CAR-T cell therapy for adults with relapsed or refractory marginal zone lymphoma. It is now approved across five cancer types, strengthening its leadership position among CD19-directed CAR-Ts.

In December, with our partners at BioNTech, we also shared the first global phase II data for [Pemidomig] in locally advanced or metastatic triple-negative breast cancer. These data showed encouraging antitumor response and a manageable safety profile in both the first- and second-line treatment settings. Triple-negative breast cancer remains an aggressive disease where there is an urgent need for new treatment options. And within the overall [Pemidomig] development partnership, we recently announced three additional planned studies, resulting in eight registrational studies we expect to have underway by year-end. We are pleased to announce that two of these studies in non-small cell lung cancer are now initiating in unresectable stage III disease and in first-line high PD-L1 expression. We also just posted details regarding our global phase III study, Break Free SSC for liso-cel, our CD19 CAR-T now initiating in patients with active systemic sclerosis.

Finally, we very much look forward to the first oral data presentation for [Nabla Metastat], a potential first-in-class PRMT5 inhibitor. This will be combination data in the pancreatic setting and will be showcased at the ESMO Targeted Anti-Cancer Therapies Conference next month. These milestones reinforce the momentum of our pipeline, with more readouts to come this year, which I'll talk about on slide five. As we shared last month, this is a data-rich period for BMS, which could drive the introduction of more than 10 new medicines and over 30 meaningful launch opportunities by 2030. The increasing pace of pivotal readouts later this year will serve to better define the potential of our pipeline candidates. We are confident in our ability to deliver an attractive and durable growth profile heading into the next decade. The breadth and depth of these opportunities is illustrated on this slide.

This year alone, we expect to report top-line registrational data for six potential new products: milvexian in both atrial fibrillation and secondary stroke prevention, admilparant in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, Iberdomide where we have already demonstrated a significant improvement in MRD negativity rates, Mezigdomide and BMS-986393 in relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma, and RYZ101 in second-line plus GEP-NETs. We also anticipate meaningful pivotal line extension readouts for Sotyktu in lupus and Cobenfy in Alzheimer's disease psychosis. Most of these readouts will occur in the second half of the year, and we have more data readouts coming beyond 2026. Together, these represent an attractive set of near-term catalysts that can meaningfully enhance the long-term growth profile of our current growth portfolio. We communicated at the start of last year that getting the long-term right means executing well in the near and medium terms.

As you can see from our results, we continue to deliver across the organization in 2025. Maintaining this strong say-to-do ratio by consistently delivering on our commitments has now been embedded in our culture and will continue to be core to how we operate. As you have seen in our financials, we delivered on our cost-savings initiative in 2025, and we'll continue to expand the use of AI to help us move faster, operate leaner, and reinvest strategically in growth. Our financial strength continues to allow us to invest in our business and bring exciting science into the company through the pursuit of high-return business development. Our North Star remains to deliver industry-leading sustainable growth into the 2030s and beyond. Now let me give you a high-level overview of our 2026 guidance on slide six, and David will speak to it in more detail shortly.

We currently anticipate 2026 revenue in the range of $46 billion-$47.5 billion. This range reflects continued strong performance from our growth portfolio and a projected revenue decline for our legacy portfolio of between 12%-16% given the ongoing LOE impacts. Within the legacy portfolio, we project Eliquis growth this year to be in the range of 10%-15%. This is driven by continued global demand growth and the recent price reduction, which expands patient access and eliminates the associated inflation penalty. We expect lower operating expenses compared to last year due to our ongoing cost-savings program, and we expect adjusted diluted earnings per share of between $6.05-$6.35. With that, I'll turn it over to David.

Thank you, Chris, and good morning, everyone. I will begin my review of our 2025 financial results, focusing on our fourth quarter performance.

I will follow up with the introduction of our non-GAAP financial guidance for 2026 and some considerations to help you better understand our financial outlook for this year. We had very strong commercial and financial performance in 2025, marked by focused execution on driving top-line growth and generating strong cash flow while strengthening our balance sheet and continuing to manage our cost structure. We've entered 2026 in a position of strength with a solid foundation, which we can continue to build upon to deliver on our long-term growth strategy. Starting with slide eight, total revenue in the fourth quarter was flat year-over-year at approximately $12.5 billion. Our growth portfolio continued its positive momentum with revenue increasing 15% to $7.4 billion and representing close to 60% of our total revenue in the quarter.

Key brands including Reblozyl, Breyanzi, Camzyos, and our IO portfolio all achieved significant growth and were further supported by our early launches of Cobenfy and Opdivo Subcutaneous. Within the legacy portfolio, higher revenue from Eliquis was offset by continued impact of increased generic volumes across several other brands. All in, we are very pleased with the results in the fourth quarter and the full year as our growth portfolio performance continues to reshape and redefine BMS as we strive to be one of the fastest-growing pharmaceutical companies into the next decade. Turning to product performance on slide nine, starting with oncology, Opdivo again delivered solid growth in the fourth quarter with revenue up 7% to nearly $2.7 billion. This was driven by new indications and continued share growth within the first-line non-small cell lung cancer setting. Opdivo Subcutaneous's launch continued to progress well with revenue of $133 million in the quarter.

With Opdualag, we delivered another quarter of strong double-digit growth driven by demand in the U.S. where it remains a standard of care in first-line melanoma. Turning to slide 10, Reblozyl delivered 21% growth with performance reflecting solid uptake across first- and second-line MDS-associated anemia patients. Over the past two years, we've delivered a very strong launch for Reblozyl. In cell therapy, Breyanzi's fourth quarter revenue continued to show impressive growth with revenue up 47% driven by its desirable profile and continued strong demand across its approved indications. We continue to be encouraged by Breyanzi's growth prospects into 2026. Moving to cardiovascular on slide 11, Eliquis delivered nearly $3.5 billion in the fourth quarter revenue, an increase of 6%. This was driven by demand growth and market share gains, with the U.S. revenue increasing 4%.

Turning to Camzyos, revenue in the fourth quarter grew 57% to $353 million, benefiting from continued demand growth globally. In the U.S., we expanded the number of physicians who are prescribing the drug, and outside of the U.S., we have now launched in over 50 countries. Now moving to immunology, global revenue of Sotyktu grew 3%. We look forward to our upcoming PDUFA date for psoriatic arthritis and our phase III readouts for lupus and Sjögren's disease. I will wrap up by reviewing our product performance for the quarter on slide 12 with neuroscience. Cobenfy revenue in the fourth quarter was $51 million, with continued steady uptake among prescribers and patients. Cobenfy's uptake has surpassed all schizophrenia comparators and relevant analogs in the first year of launch, and we continue to expect steady growth throughout the year. Let's move to the P&L on slide 13.

As expected, gross margin declined 210 basis points in the fourth quarter to 71.9%, driven primarily by product mix, notably Eliquis and Revlimid. Regarding our operating expenses, we made significant progress during 2025 against our $2 billion strategic productivity initiative. As of the end of the fourth quarter, we delivered on a target of approximately $1 billion in savings in 2025 and are on track to realize the remaining $1 billion over 2026 and 2027. Excluding in-process R&D, operating expenses for the full year were $16.6 billion, a decrease of $1.2 billion from 2024. This reflects our ongoing cost-savings program partially offset by continued investment behind growth initiatives. Our effective tax rate in the quarter was 22.1% compared to 19.9% in the prior year, with the effective tax rate in 2025 reflecting the one-time non-tax deductible in-process R&D charge related to the Orbital acquisition.

Overall, diluted earnings per share were $1.26 for the quarter. In full year, diluted earnings per share came in at $6.15. Both include a net charge related to in-process R&D and licensing income, which totaled $0.60 per share in the quarter and $1.40 for the full year. Now turning to the balance sheet and capital allocation highlights on slide 14. Our financial position remained strong, with approximately $11 billion in cash equivalents and marketable securities as of December 31, 2025. We completed our targeted $10 billion of debt paydown ahead of schedule and generated strong cash flow from operations of approximately $2 billion in the fourth quarter. In terms of capital allocation, we continue to ensure we employ a strategic and balanced approach. Business development remains a top priority while also returning cash to shareholders through our commitment to the dividend.

Now let me walk you through our non-GAAP 2026 guidance on slide 15, starting with revenue. As Chris mentioned earlier, we estimate revenue to be between $46-$47.5 billion in 2026. We expect our gross margin to be between 69%-70%. This reflects the impact of product mix, notably the combination of higher Eliquis and lower Revlimid and Pomalyst revenue. We expect total operating expenses to decline from 2025 levels to approximately $16.3 billion. Our cost-savings program has provided us with the flexibility to increase commercial investment where appropriate and to support newer development programs such as our partnership on Pemidomig and our Orbital Therapeutics program. Even with these investments, we expect to reduce costs year-over-year. We are expecting our OI&E expense of approximately $700 million, which reflects the expiry of our royalty-bearing license of diabetes products at the end of 2025.

We expect to maintain our tax rate of approximately 18%. Considering these factors, we expect to deliver non-GAAP earnings per share in the range of $6.05-$6.35. Before closing, let me provide some insight regarding our expected quarterly progression of revenue for 2026. As it relates to quarterly phasing, we expect our typical sequential revenue decrease in the first quarter due to the seasonal inventory destocking we see each year following the build in the fourth quarter. And two points on Eliquis. First, we anticipate that the second half revenue will trend higher than the first half of the year. And second, in terms of Eliquis-specific updated guidance, we currently expect 2027 Eliquis sales compared to 2026 to show a step down in the range of $1.5-$2 billion, which is broadly consistent with analysts' existing estimates.

In closing, our strong performance in 2025 demonstrated our confidence in our ability to deliver long-term value for our patients and shareholders. We remain focused on executing our growth strategy, advancing our pipeline, and optimizing our cost structure. We look forward to updating you on multiple data readouts this year. With that, I'll now turn the call back over to Chuck for Q&A.

Thank you. We'll now begin the question-and-answer session. To ask a question, you may press star then one on your telephone keypad. If you're using a speakerphone, we ask that you please pick up your handset before pressing the keys. To withdraw your question, please press star then two. We'll pause for just a moment to assemble our roster. Today's first question comes from Seamus Fernandez with Guggenheim Securities. Please go ahead.

Yeah. Great. Thanks for the questions and congrats on the good quarter and the guide. Now that we're past the guidance, this is a question for the overall team, but it's been a long time since we've seen, as an overall analyst community, a series of phase III pivotal catalysts that Bristol has ahead of it in 2026. Chris, I know you counted six. There may be, in addition to that, potential benefits from royalty agreements around Sotatercept and Cadence. Just wondering, if you could, help us position the areas that you see the most kind of relative upside. The CELMoDs are obviously something that Bristol has been working on for a very long time, and we're just on the cusp of seeing some material data.

We've got Milvexian and a very different approach that Bristol took to dosing in a recent publication that plays along those lines to sort of explain that. Admilparant, I think, is an underappreciated story that was maybe negatively impacted by comparisons to a competitor asset. There's just a whole host of opportunities here that we see in the overall story this year. Hoping you might be able to help position some of those for us as we move through the balance of the year. Thanks so much.

Thanks for the question, Seamus. I agree with the overall sentiment. Maybe I will start, and then I'll turn it over to Christian and Adam, and they can provide their perspectives. I think that when we look at what's particularly exciting for this year, I would highlight a few things. First of all, we've got good growth just in the products that we have on the market today, and I think that growth is going to continue into this year. As you know, we have a slew of data readouts coming this year, now just a few months away, for six products. When you look at the actual number of phase IIIs, we could have over 10 phase III data readouts this year alone, with more coming in 2027 and then another big slew of them coming in 2028.

The things that I think stand out for me, you've already mentioned them, actually, the CELMoD program is beginning to bear fruit. We've already demonstrated PFS data for Iberdomide. We'll see follow-up data on that with PFS this year. We've got admilparant data coming. We've got the Milvexian data. And I agree also with your assessment of that, where I think we'll see the SSP data from a competitor today. But as I look at our profile, I think we have the potential to be best in class there. And of course, in AFib, we have the potential to be the only factor XI oral therapy there, which is obviously a big opportunity. But maybe I'll ask Christian and Adam to quickly add anything to that.

So thank you, Chris. Thank you, Seamus, for the question. Let me go a little bit more on the technical side because, as you said, we have a very data-rich year with at least 10 pivotal readouts. I like to cluster them also in terms of area, therapeutic areas. In hematology, I think you mentioned the CELMoDs and Iberdomide. We will have the PFS. MRD is already readout positive. We didn't share the data because, of course, the PFS was coming. We wanted to preserve the integrity of the study. But we are very confident that what we have seen in MRD can translate also in benefit in PFS. We will have the second CELMoD readout, Mezi. And this is an add-on study. We had Mezi on top of KD versus KD.

So considering the level of activity we have seen with this drug, I am confident on the first readout with the second CELMoD, a very potent drug. And then we have also Arlocel. Arlocel is a phase II registration study. The phase III is ongoing in myeloma in patients post-BCMA, GPRC5D CAR-T. This is an entry with another CAR-T that is very, very relevant for us. So myeloma, very rich here. I am very, very confident in what we have seen so far and what I'm expecting. Then we go into, as you said, admilparant. Admilparant, I'm very happy because what I have seen is phase III conducting and enrolling patients that are very similar to what we have seen in phase II.

And you remember, in phase II, we had a very good reduction of the risk of decline of FVC, 60% in IPF and more than 70% in PPF. So IPF is coming this year. PPF is closer. Actually, we'll be very, very closer compared to what we guided before. So this is very exciting, very high medical need. Milvexian, I think Chris already spoke about. Stroke has already been the risk in my view from the data we will see in a few hours. There is no reason to believe we will have a different, if not better, outcome. And AFib, the confidence is all there. Then I would not underestimate ADC program. The ADC program is coming by the end of the year as we guided. We are on track. All of this is moving at pace.

So as you said, four different therapeutic areas where we'll have major readouts, and these are very transformative regimens. Adam, you want to?

No, I think Chris and you covered it extremely well. So why don't we go to the next question?

Thank you. Our next question today comes from Chris Schott at J.P. Morgan. Please go ahead.

Great. Thanks very much. Just two for me. First, just elaborate on Eliquis dynamics for 2026 contributing to growth this year. And then maybe just a bigger picture one on business development priorities. Just elaborate a little bit more in terms of your focus right now. Is this more on deepening presence in existing therapeutic areas or maybe pursuing more corona-like kind of expansions into new spaces? And maybe as part of that, I know as you just highlighted, you've got a lot of important readouts coming this year. Should we think about Bristol waiting to see how these programs pan out? And that might help guide where you want to go with BD, or is that not a rate limiter for the company? Thank you.

Thanks for the question, Chris. I will start on the BD question. I'll turn it over to Adam. So as was said earlier, BD continues to be a top priority. As you well know, we have always sourced innovation both internally and externally. And the good news here is that we're in a very strong position, as you alluded to, with the late-stage pipeline. We don't need to chase deals. That said, we're going to continue to be looking out for opportunities to add strength and depth to our portfolio. In terms of the opportunities we're looking for, we've got a lot of opportunity to continue to build depth across each of our therapeutic areas.

So if an opportunity is in an area that we know well scientifically where we can add clinical or commercial value and ultimately deliver that value to patients, the company, and shareholders, we obviously have the financial ability and the muscle to execute. And so that's generally how we'll be approaching BD this year. And timing-wise, I think that obviously, we're going to be opportunistic. Adam?

Yeah, Chris, thanks for the question. Let me start by saying that we continue to see strong performance with Eliquis, and this performance will continue throughout 2026. We have approximately a 75% apixaban share in the U.S., and we will continue to grow that. Now, the broader pricing dynamics starting this year for Eliquis was the impetus for us to reevaluate our pricing strategy. And of course, there's some pushes and pulls. Recall, the IRA price was effectuated January 1st, and this includes the removal of the Medicare Part D liability both in the initiation and in the catastrophic phase. We also finalized our $0 Medicaid agreement with the administration. And we took a step back, and we're able to reassess our commercial contracting strategy as well.

The roughly 40% WAC reduction eliminates the inflationary penalties or CPI penalties of statutory rebates that had been accumulating over many years for the brand. And taken together, the continued increase in Eliquis market share in the United States, coupled with these net pricing changes, they're going to enable Eliquis to be an important driver of growth this year.

Great. Thank you, Adam. Rocka, let's go to the next question.

Yeah, of course. Absolutely. And our next question today comes from Michael Yee at UBS. Please go ahead.

Great. Thank you. Two questions, one on Milvexian and AFib. Previously, you've suggested that there are lower blinded safety event rates, bleeding particularly. Can you just remind us how often that study is looked at and whether that generally continues with DSMB safety looks across the blinded rates into 2026 here and how you feel about that? And then second, just following up on the BD question, I know that you obviously want to focus on key strength areas. Is metabolic obesity a fair question or a fair area that investors should be understanding of? And is that still an area that actually you would engage in? Thank you.

Thanks for the questions. Let me start with metabolics, then I'll turn it over to Christian. Look, metabolics is obviously an exciting area. You've seen it this week. We continue to pay attention to the evolution of that market and, of course, the science. That said, we're really looking at opportunities to build breadth and depth in our existing therapeutic area. These are areas we obviously know well. We can assess the science and commercial opportunities, which is significantly important, particularly as we think more broadly. And it's also the areas that we can best add value from a patient, company, and shareholder standpoint. So that's our primary focus. Christian?

So thank you, Michael, for the question. As you know, we completed the enrollment in Milvexian atrial fibrillation study. We have more than 20,000 patients. We are well past the point, for instance, in which Oceanic atrial fibrillation study was terminated by the DMC because of lack of efficacy. And as you said, the DMC regularly continues to endorse the trial progression, and this happened also very recently. They check efficacy and safety. We remain blinded to the study. What I can tell you is that recently, there is a lot of data that tells us what is the bleeding rates with Eliquis. And in an AFib study, it's a net to add Milvexian Eliquis.

We remain blinded, but what the DMC is telling us and what we see in a blinded fashion in terms of bleeding rates gives us confidence that we are still very much on target to achieve the benefit that we hope, showing that Eliquis and Milvexian are similar in terms of efficacy, but that Milvexian can bring benefit in reducing, importantly, the bleeding risks, measured bleeding risks, and also non-measured clinically relevant bleeding risks. We are fully on track on this, and the study is coming this year.

Thank you, Christian. Next question, please.

Absolutely. Our next question today comes from Courtney Breen with Bernstein. Please go ahead.

Hi, Chris. Thanks so much for taking the question today. I just wanted to double-click on Eliquis' question as well as on cost savings in 2026. I know your intention is to take more cost savings in the 2026 period. And so it would be great if you can kind of perhaps characterize those relative to what you're able to achieve through the year in 2025. And then on Eliquis, thanks for giving the details around kind of some of those 2026 dynamics. I think you made some additional comments on that 2026 to 2027 transition of a $1.5 billion-$2 billion further step down. Can you just help us understand kind of what is driving that primary change at that moment in time relative to this new baseline on pricing that we've just spoken through now? Thanks so much.

Thanks for the question, Courtney. I'll ask David to take both and go from there.

Yeah. So on the cost savings program, as you saw this year, we made really great progress against the $2 billion strategic productivity initiative, achieving over $1 billion of that. And sitting here today, we got a really solid line of sight into the additional $1 billion, which will be spread over 2026 and 2027. So you'll continue to see a step down in our expense base. What I'd also say is it's also enabled us to reinvest in growth drivers, some of the investments we did last year with Cobenfy as well as Camzyos, but also with a couple of the deals that we did with Orbital Therapeutics as well as [Fumitomab]. We'll be annualizing those costs here in 2026, and we're still reducing our cost basis as a result of that.

Adam, do you want to just hit on Eliquis dynamics this year, and then you and David can speak to 2026 to 2027?

Yeah. So I spoke about the Eliquis dynamics, and as Courtney stated, around the pricing changes that took place effective January 1, including the removal of the Medicare Part D liability and the 40% WAC reduction. So we wanted to guide against 2026. David will talk about our decision not to guide for 2027, which had started when Chris initially became CEO, and our decision not to provide longer-term guidance. But David, do you want to expound on that?

Yeah, Courtney. And thanks for your question. If you remember, back in August of 2024, when the IRA came out, there was a lot of question about what that impact was. So we provided guidance at that point in time. We thought it was important just to update you on that 2027. So what we said this year is that we expect Eliquis to grow 10%-15%. And as you think about next year in my prepared remarks, I said that you should expect a similar step down, about $1.5-$2 billion from 2026 to 2027, which is consistent with the step-down consensus has now. So hopefully, that's helpful.

Courtney, just a reminder, Chuck here. Remember, the EU patents largely expire late in 2026, so that's going to be a factor in 2027 that we'll see as well in terms of driving the step-down. Operator, can we take the next question? Oh, David.

Absolutely. Our next question comes from Mohit Bansal with Wells Fargo. Please go ahead.

Great. Thank you very much for taking my question. I have a question on LPA-1. So from the feedback we have received from some KOLs, is that the toxicity burden that is associated with the existing standard of care, combo therapy may be reserved for more severe patients. And for the widespread use of LPA-1 monotherapy, patients may still want to see some kind of efficacy benefit over existing therapies here. I don't know how you are thinking about it, but would love to get your thoughts on what it takes for a new therapy like LPA-1 to become a new standard of care, either as a monotherapy or a combo therapy in this space. Thank you.

Mohit, thanks for the question. So IPF and PPF are progressive pulmonary diseases, and prognosis for these diseases is not dissimilar to what we see with some metastatic cancer diagnoses. In fact, there's less than 50% five-year overall survival rate. So there's a significant need for newer therapies that provide greater efficacy and tolerability. What we're excited about with admilparant, which is our LPA-1, is that this is a potential first-in-class product that we believe could redefine the standard of care in pulmonary fibrosis, offering improved efficacy and improved tolerability profile. Remember, admilparant works by slowing the progression and could actually potentially halt the progression of disease.

And when we look at the adverse event profile, we're seeing low rates of GI tolerability, which has been a real challenge for some of the older therapies as well as some of the newer therapies that have been recently introduced to the market to help manage their disease. In fact, about 50% of patients abandon treatment by 12 months. We've also seen some newer agents have some formulations that may limit uptake. So we would expect to see Admilparant used in combination and as a monotherapy, similar to how we're studying the drug. And we really look forward to the data readout in the second half of this year.

Thanks, Adam. Let's move to our next question, please.

Thank you. Our next question today comes from Terence Flynn at Morgan Stanley. Please go ahead.

Thanks so much for taking the question. I just had two. One is just on the Milvexian AFib study. Christian, wondering if you can speak to what you view as a clinically meaningful delta versus Eliquis that would be enough to support broader payer coverage there. And then just David, on the guidance, the math that we're doing suggests kind of mid-single-digit growth year-over-year on the growth portfolio, which includes Opdivo. So just want to know that we're in the right ballpark there. Thank you.

Thanks for the question, Terence. Maybe Christian and Adam combine on Milvexian and then David.

Thank you, Terence, for the question. The study's primary point is showing non-inferiority versus Eliquis, versus apixaban, on efficacy. And Terence, we selected a dose that was very scrutinized to balance potential activity and, of course, bleeding risks. This is why we are using 100 mg b.i.d. It is a dose much higher than, for instance, we use in stroke prevention. So I would say there is a possibility that, of course, Milvexian show a better outcome, but the real first point is showing non-inferiority. Let's not forget that OCEANIC AFib actually was able to show that level of similar activity versus apixaban. Then after the non-inferiority will be met, we're going to test superiority for bleedings. So this is also where we want to show a clinically meaningful differentiation on the bleeding rates. I don't give you the deltas and everything.

Of course, we believe that if the study will be a target, it will be seen as clinically meaningful. Adam, you want to?

Yes, Terence. Thanks for the question. So Milvexian represents a significant commercial opportunity, particularly in AFib. AFib is a very large market, and we believe that Milvexian has the potential to replace first-generation DOACs. And this is a market that we know very well. Fear of bleeding continues to be the main reason why clinicians hold back from using Factor XI in more patients. Roughly 40% of patients remain either untreated or undertreated, leaving them at risk for a stroke. And they have significant concerns around bleeding. And so we know safety is important. We believe a differentiated bleeding profile will drive demand versus standard of care. We've had a number of payer discussions already that suggest that the potential of improved benefit-risk profile will be a strong value proposition.

We would also expect there to be an economic benefit of using Milvexian over Eliquis in terms of bleeding events that are avoided. So we look forward to the data readout at the end of 2026. And we're confident that this product has multi-billion dollar potential.

Yes. And Terence, you're absolutely right in your math and thinking about the growth portfolio. We feel really good about the growth portfolio, mid-single-digit growth. But also, we have the risk of Orencia generics coming this year, which would impact that growth portfolio. But we feel really good about where we exited 2025 and about the prospects heading into 2026 now. Great. Thanks, David. Let's take our next question, please.

Thank you. Our next question today comes from Geoff Meacham of Citi. Please go ahead.

Oh, great. Morning, everyone. Thanks so much for the question. I have a couple. So one for Adam, I guess, on Cobenfy. There's a lot of excitement earlier last year, just given its mechanism and lack of innovation in the category. But we really haven't seen an inflection point in sales. I guess, is there a bottleneck in access that you really have to still work through? I'm just trying to figure out the steps to see sequential acceleration. And then on Fumitomab, I guess maybe for Chris or Christian, is there a dataset, a tipping point maybe of data that you want to see before you really scale up the phase III investment? Just given its foundational mechanism, what's the upper end of either phase III studies or tumor types that you ultimately have a capacity for for the drug? Thank you.

We'll start with Adam, and then Christian can handle the Fumitomab question.

Great. Thank you, Geoff. So we're pleased with the progress that we made in Cobenfy's first full year on the market. In fact, Cobenfy delivered over 100,000 TRXs since launch, and that surpassed all relevant schizophrenia analogs. We have very strong access, virtually 100% access, across Medicaid and Medicare. And now we're approaching 70% commercial access. So that is certainly not a bottleneck. We made good progress in Q4, as you were able to see, with an acceleration of NRXs as well as increases in both new NRP trialists after our full field force expansion was in place in both the community and in the hospitals. So we see continued opportunity for growth in schizophrenia, as we stated. We're confident in our ability to deliver continued steady growth. And new indications are going to be the driver of inflections there.

But what we hear from physicians, the feedback continues to remain positive. We are making very good progress with adding the number of trialists, which continue to grow steadily. And importantly, what we have seen is that those physicians who've had a positive experience with Cobenfy have shown an increased propensity to repeat prescribing. So this year, we'll present several new phase IV studies, including a switch study later on in the quarter, which is the top question that we get from physicians on how to switch from a D2 over to Cobenfy. We'll have real-world data as well to support that. And we're increasing investment in peer-to-peer activity. So taken together, we are making good progress. And based on all the leading indicators we're seeing, we believe Cobenfy has the potential to become a leading treatment in schizophrenia over time.

We're confident this could be a big drug for the company.

Thanks for the question, Jeff. Let me break down your question. The first thing is the confidence. First of all, we have datasets in triple negative and in small cell lung cancer showing that the drug is active. And there are also very large datasets from competitive assets that reinforce the message. The second thing is more on these are two very well clinically validated targets, PD-1, PD-L1, and VEGF. And you know that when you deliver mechanism through bispecific, sometimes you increase the selectivity. And this can be even more powerful than just delivering the two mechanisms through two different drugs. Then when you look, we are actually already scaled up the development of this drug. The confidence is very high. The strategy is very simple. We want to replace, and then we want to expand.

We want to replace where PD-1, PD-L1 inhibitors are playing today in those indications through this bispecific. Then we want to expand because we believe bringing VEGF on top of PD-L1 inhibition, we can also tackle some of the indications where PD-1, PD-L1 inhibitors are not working well enough or not at all. So this is the reason why we already have started or are in flight to start seven pivotal studies across multiple indications. There is an eighth one that we announced in head and neck. When you look at the indications we have, of course, there is a concentration in non-small cell lung cancer, very important indication. But this goes beyond gastric, colon, head and neck, breast. So this is a program that has a top priority in oncology, and we represent the backbone of our portfolio. The next wave will be to neoadjuvant.

That will be the next wave of studies where we will continue to improve on regimens that we are creating today.

Excellent. Thanks, Christian. Let's move to the next question, please.

Thank you. Our next question today comes from Asad Haider with Goldman Sachs. Please go ahead.

Great. Thanks for taking the question, and congrats on the quarter. Most of my questions have been answered, but maybe one for Adam. Just any update on how the Opdivo subcu formulation launch is progressing? We've had four quarters on the market now, two with the J-code. Do you believe you're still on track for the 30%-40% patient conversion by 2028? And any color on the types of patients who are utilizing it would be helpful. Thank you.

Adam. Great. Thanks, Asad. So we're very pleased with the Opdivo launch performance in its first full year on the market. We're encouraged as we're seeing use across multiple tumor types. We're seeing uptake across monotherapy indications as well as in the combination setting, so patients who are treated for RCC, GI, metastatic melanoma. As you said, we did receive our permanent J-code last July, which eased the reimbursement process for physicians. And post that, we've seen a nice acceleration of new accounts adopting. We're focused on continuing to drive depth and breadth of account conversion and reinforcing the benefits that we know are there for both practices and for patients. And we're tracking well against our expectations and remain very confident in our expectation that physicians will convert 30%-40% of the IV business ahead of the LOE.

So we're pleased with the performance and what this means for patients and for physicians.

Great. Thanks, Adam. Let's go to the next question, please.

Our next question today comes from David Risinger with Leerink Partners. Please go ahead.

Yes. Thanks very much. So I have two questions, please. First, with respect to Admilparant, could you just talk about the hypotension risk and how you would contextualize that for us? And then second, it would be helpful to just better understand what is in the guidance and what you're assuming for generic competition. So for Eliquis, could you just talk us through when you're expecting generic entry in major markets, ex-US, in 2026 and 2027? And then for Orencia, how many players do you anticipate launching and when? Thanks so much.

Thanks for the question. I'll ask Christian to start, and then David.

Thanks, David, for the question. The hypotension and syncopal episodes was one of the tolerability risks that we had with Admilparant in the phase II. But what I can tell you is that actually, in the context of the phase III, this is going very well. Let me give you a little bit more context. When we ran the phase II, we tested two doses, 30 and 60 milligram. And of course, there was a dose relation outcome in terms of efficacy, but also safety. But then when we completed the study, we have seen that the risk of syncope was well managed. And actually, we decided to because there was a dose relation on efficacy, we decided to introduce in the phase III 120 milligram. And actually, we are running the phase III studies, IPF and PPF, with 120 and 60.

The 120, there was a run-in just to assess the safety and the risk of hypotension. The DMC allowed us to go in phase III. In a blinding fashion, we didn't see any rates that raised any concern. This is definitely associated to the profile of the drug. It's very well managed, even when you go with a higher dose that, of course, can translate to a better efficacy.

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