2012
January
J.D. Power and Associates has honored the MS LifeLines call center with certification for an outstanding customer service experience. This is the first time J.D. Power has recognized a pharmaceutical call center.
2011
September
Prevnar 13 Named "Best Pharmaceutical Agent" at 2011 Prix Galien USA Awards: The Prix Galien Award is considered among the industry's highest accolades and is determined by a distinguished committee that includes seven Nobel Laureates in medicine.
March
Pfizer ranked first in the medicine and health care industry in an annual ranking conducted by Antal International, a global executive search firm.
'Autism Speaks' honored Chief Financial Officer Frank D'Amelio for his support of both Autism Speaks and the New York-based Gillen Brewer School for children with a wide range of disabilities.
February
Pfizer Ecuador awarded the first-place "General Rumiñahui" prize for its corporate responsibility programs by the Pichincha provincial government.
January
Diario Médico, a daily trade publication targeted to Spanish health care professionals, has named Pfizer's Torisel as one of the "Best Ideas of the Year."
Pfizer has been honored by China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM), Executive Committee of Foreign Investment Companies for its support of a Chinese foundation that provides free cataract operations to patients in China.
2010
December
Pfizer Animal Health Australia has been recognized by the National Australia Bank as Agribusiness Employer of Choice.
Pfizer Global Manufacturing's site in Freiburg, Germany, has received the state of Baden-Württemberg's Environmental Award, acknowledging the company's achievements in industrial environmental protection and corporate governance.
Pfizer France Wins Oncology Medical Affairs Best Practice Award.
November
Pfizer is ranked highest among S&P 500 Health Care Companies on the Carbon Disclosure Leadership index.
Pfizer ranked 21st of Top 500 US and 20th of Top 100 Global Green Companies by Newsweek.
Pfizer named most admired pharmaceutical company in Brazil by CartaCapital , a leading economic, political and cultural magazine in the country.
Pfizer Turkey received three honors for initiatives that were identified as best practices in training, talent management and "projects that make a difference" at the "People Management Awards 2010" in Istanbul.
July
Company Takes Top Honors in India Pharma Awards: Pfizer has been recognized for the second time as the most admired pharmaceutical company in India, and Kewal Handa, Pfizer India Country Manager, was selected as the Pharma Professional of the Year at the 2010 Annual Pharmaceutical Leadership Awards in Mumbai recently.
June
Pharmaceutical Honors for Company in South Africa Pharmaceutical Honors for Company in South Africa: Pfizer was recently honored as the top pharmaceutical company for health care excellence at the eighth annual African Access National Business Awards (AANBA) in Johannesburg.
Pfizer has been recognized as a Best Diversity Company by the readers of Diversity/Careers in the 2010 Readers Choice Survey.
May
Pfizer Animal Health Honored for Diversity Efforts: Pfizer Animal Health (PAH) was recently cited for excellence in diversity and inclusion by the Association of Diversity Councils, an organization that helps to increase the impact and effectiveness of diversity councils and council members.
April
Pfizer Named Employer of Choice in Thailand: Recent MBA graduates in Thailand have picked Pfizer as the "Employer of Choices" in the pharmaceutical sector.
March
Pfizer Recieves Top Public Relations Honors: Pfizer's MAINTAIN program — which made headlines last summer for providing free medicines to newly unemployed Americans — has received top campaign honors from PRWeek, a leading communications trade publication.
February
Pfizer Taiwan Receives National Award for Lyrica: Pfizer Taiwan was recently honored by the Institute for Biotechnology and Medicine Industry (IBMI) for Lyrica's clinical advantages, such as efficacy and ease of use.
Pfizer's Pipeline Ranked Among Industry's Top 10 For Second Year: For the second consecutive year, Pfizer was designated as having the "Best Mid-stage and Late-stage Pipeline" by the editors of MedAdNews and R&D Directions in their 14th annual report of the pharmaceutical industry's "Top 10 Pipelines." The report is featured in the pharmaceutical business news magazines' January issues and on their Web site, pharmalive.com.
January
Company Wins Key Corporate Social Responsibility Award: The Costa Rican Exporters Chamber (CADEXCO), the leading organization representing Costa Rica's exporting sector, has honored Pfizer Central America and the Caribbean with its highest distinction in the area of corporate social responsibility (CSR) for 2009.
2009
February
Company Pipeline Ranked Among Industry's Top Ten: Pfizer was recently names as having the "Best Infectious Disease Pipeline" and the "Best Mid-Stage and Late-stage Pipeline" by MedAdNews in its 13th annual report of the pharmaceutical industry's "Top Ten Pipelines"
2009 Working Mother 100 Best Companies to Work for Women
2009 NAFE — Top Companies for Executive Women
2009 Best Places to Work GLBT — Human Rights Campaign (HRC) (100 percent in the 2009 Corporate Equality Index (CEI))
2009 Readers Choice: Best Diversity Companies — Diversity / Careers in Engineering & Information Technology
2009 A Best Diversity Company — Diversity / Careers
Bronze Award Disability Standard Benchmark 2009 (Pfizer UK)
2009 Top 15 Women in Pharmaceuticals list included Dr. Freda Lewis-Hall and Amy Schulman
2009 Deloitte's Best Company (one of the measures is around fairness) (Pfizer South Africa)
2009 The World's Top 50 Most Attractive Employers — Universum
2008
2008 Diversity Leader Award — Profiles of Diversity Magazine
November
Latino advocacy group honors Pfizer for diversity commitment: A leading advocacy group for Latinos in the U.S., has honored Pfizer for the company's commitment to diversity and business excellence with its Corporate Leadership award.
Pfizer Named No. 4 among South Africa's Best Employers: The corporate research foundation named Pfizer South Africa No.4 among its Top Ten Employers in the country. Pfizer was the only pharmaceutical company in the top ten.
September
Pfizer Earns Highest Mark in 2009 Human Rights Campaign Foundation Ranking: For the fifth consecutive year Pfizer earned top rating of 100 percent in the 2009 Corporate Equality Index, an annual ranking published by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation, which evaluates businesses on their treatment of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender employees, investors and customers.
Saudi physicians rank Pfizer reps #1 for 5th consecutive year: Physicians have ranked Pfizer Saudi Arabia's medical representatives tops for the overall quality of service provided among major pharmaceutical companies in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Pfizer foundation recognized for pentagon 9/11 memorial support: The Pfizer Foundation was recognized for its support of a memorial to the 184 who died at the suburban Washington complex. A pfizer group led by Senior Vice President of Government Relations, Anthony Principi, attended the unveiling of the Pentagon Memorial the following day.
Company awarded 'CEO Cancer Gold Standard' Accreditation: Pfizer's prevention-focused health benefits, onsite services and Healthy Pfizer program have earned the company "gold standard" accreditation from the CEO Roundtable on Cancer. The recognition is part of the group's initiative to encourage companies to combat cancer among their employee's through risk reduction, early detection and quality care.
August
Two prizes for corporate social responsibility: Pfizer Ecuador won two of the eight prizes in the country's recent Corporate Social Responsibility Competition. Pfizer was the only pharmaceutical company among the finalists across all of the world categories and was also the only U.S.-based company that was recognized.
May
Pfizer UK — "Best Green Companies": The only pharmaceutical company making the list. "The 50 best companies in this survey are all pioneers-enterprising, enlightened and fizzing with new ideas. All have a common sense of purpose about their corporate responsibility".
Connecticut — "Top Employer": The state of Conn. Has named Pfizer one of the state's top employers for its leadership and accomplishments in identifying and removing barriers to hiring people with disabilities.
January
U.S. Customers Rank Pfizer Reps Number One: For the 13th year in a row, Pfizer topped the list of pharmaceutical sales forces held in the highest esteem by U.S. physicians surveyed by Verispan.
Training magazine's "Hall of Fame": After 5 consecutive years in the top 10, Pfizer has been inducted into the newly created 'Hall of Fame'. Recognizing those that successfully invest the most time, commitment and resources into learning and development.
2007
October
For the fifth consecutive year, Pfizer has been recognized by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) for its policies and programs that support the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) communities. 2007 also marks the fourth consecutive year in which Pfizer scored a perfect 100 on the HRC Corporate Equality Index, an evaluation of how corporations treat their LGBT employees, consumers, and investors.
September
Pfizer's smoking cessation medicine wins the prestigious Prix Galien medal for Best Pharmaceutical Agent in 2007.
For the ninth time Pfizer is Named One of the 100 Best Companies for Working Mothers — Working Mother® Magazine
June
Connecticut Honors Pfizer for Leading in "Connect-Ability" Program for People with Disabilities — Pfizer is one of twelve employers honored in 2007 by the State of Connecticut for leadership and accomplishment in hiring and promoting people with disabilities.
May
The National Business Group on Health honors Pfizer with the Best Employers for Healthy Lifestyles 2007 Award, which recognizes companies' creative solutions to improving the health of employees. Cited in Pfizer's award is Healthy Pfizer, a personalized, easy-to-use health improvement program, provides employees and their covered dependents with tools, services and information designed to support healthy living.
March
Royal National Institute for Deaf People awarded Pfizer in Sandwich (UK) the RNID "Louder Than Words" charter for putting into place open access communication support, including staff trained in British Sign Language.
Pfizer is awarded by the Women's Business Enterprise National Council on its annual listing of America's Top Corporations for Women's Business Enterprises, the only national award honoring corporations for world-class supplier diversity programs.
2006
November
Pfizer has been named to the 2006 "Fortune 100 Top Employers for Women MBAs" list.
October
Pfizer Animal Health is the first company to be named Animal Health Company of the Year by Animal Pharm, a global publication serving the international animal health industry.
September
For the eighth time Pfizer is Named One of the 100 Best Companies for Working Mothers — Working Mother® Magazine
Pfizer receives a perfect score of 100 percent in the Human Rights Campaign Foundation's 2006 Corporate Equality Index recognizing fair and equitable workplace policies.
August
The Chronicle of Philanthropy ranks Pfizer as Top Corporate Giver. The report notes that over the past three years, Pfizer has donated more in products and cash to those in need than any of the other top 150 U.S. companies.
June
PR News awards Pfizer's HIV/AIDS initiative, Women Like You! The Power of Partnership (WLY), the Corporate Social Responsibility Award in the Community Affairs category, which recognizes leadership in developing innovative corporate social-outreach programs.
2005
November
Fortune magazine ranks Pfizer on its list of the "Best of the Best 2005." In an annual list of Blue-Ribbon Companies, Pfizer appeared on six different lists in 2005: Fortune 500, Global 500, Best Companies to Work For, Americas Most Admired Companies, Global Most Admired Companies and MBAs' Top 50 Employers.
Black Professional magazine named Robert Mallett, Pfizer Senior VP for Corporate Affairs, to a list of the "Top 100 Blacks in Corporate America."
October
Pfizer Most Admired Pharmaceutical Company — MedAdNews
September
Pfizer Named One of the 100 Best Companies for Working Mothers — Working Mother®
July
Pfizer offices in Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador and Mexico are recognized as top employers of choice in ratings by major business publications in 2005.
June
The Scientist news journal ranks Pfizer #5 on the list of top ten large companies in the Best Places to Work in Industry survey.
Pfizer received an award for "Long Term Excellence in Corporate Governance" from the Vail Leadership Institute. The Excellence in Corporate Governance Award is given to companies whose boards provide examples of ethical leadership. Pfizer was recognized as a "pioneering company in corporate governance practices, continuously working closely with their institutional investors to make sure Pfizer is responsive to their needs and concerns."
April
Fortune® magazine ranks Pfizer #24 on the list of top revenue-earning companies in the U.S. and at the top of the pharmaceutical industry. Pfizer was also ranked #76 on the list of Fortune 500 "Best Employers."
Pfizer is ranked on the list of Forbes® Global 2000 companies finishing at #23 on the list of top 100 companies.
March
The Human Rights Campaign Foundation honors Pfizer with its annual Corporate Citizenship Award in recognition of Pfizer's internal and external efforts affecting the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community.
Pfizer Inc ranked #3 in training and developing its employees on Training magazine's Top 100 — Training
February
Fortune® magazine ranks Pfizer on the list of "America's Most Admired Companies," and ranked Pfizer #2 in the pharmaceutical industry for Social Responsibility.
Fortune® magazine ranks Pfizer on the list of Global Most Admired Companies.
January
Pfizer Inc Named One of the "100 Best Companies to Work for in America" — Fortune®
2004
December
Pfizer Turkey is honored with the prestigious "Crystal Obelisk" award from the Foundation of Women Executives in Public Relations for the creation of a program that supports Turkish children and young people with limited educational opportunities.
Pfizer is honored by Training magazine as a Training Top 100 award recipient. The Training Top 100 is a ranking of organizations that excel at human capital development.
November
Pfizer Philippines was recently named Employer of the Year by the Personnel Management Association of the Philippines, the country's premier group of human resources management practitioners.
October
Pfizer Most Admired Pharmaceutical Company — MedAdNews
Karen Katen, President of the Pfizer Pharmaceuticals Group and Executive Vice President of Pfizer Inc, is ranked 10th in Fortune® magazine's list of "The 50 Most Powerful Women In Business."
www.pfizer.com receives a WebAward from the Web Marketing Association for Outstanding Web site Award.
Pfizer Named One of the 100 Best Companies for Working Mothers — Working Mother®
September
Pfizer receives a perfect score of 100 percent in the Human Rights Campaign Foundation's 2004 Corporate Equality Index recognizing fair and equitable workplace policies.
August
Hank McKinnell, Pfizer Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, named to list of "Most Powerful People in Business" — Fortune®
Pfizer wins Merger and Acquisition of the Year and the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Annual Pharmaceutical Awards.
Pfizer named to list of Top 50 Diversity Employers — Universum Communications
July
The American Women's Economic Development Corporation recognized Karen Katen, President, Pfizer Global Pharmaceuticals and Executive Vice President, Pfizer Inc, the Business Leadership Award, honoring her success in the business world. Ms. Katen was also recognized by the Catholic Health Care
Foundation of the Archdiocese of New York with the John A. Coleman Panis Vitae Award, in acknowledgment of her continuing commitment to the health care community.
June
Diversion Magazine presented the "Spirit of Volunteerism" award to Pfizer in the category of Support of Employee Volunteer Efforts for the company's Global Health Fellows program. The award calls attention to humanitarian programs sponsored by pharmaceutical companies. Read more about the Pfizer Global Health Fellow program.
May
The American Heart Association awarded Karen Katen, President, Pfizer Global Pharmaceuticals and Executive Vice President, Pfizer Inc the "Woman With Heart" Award. She received this award for her leadership at Pfizer in sponsoring the "Go Red for Women" campaign.
April
Pfizer Inc, the world's largest company devoted to health care, is selected for the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the best-known stock market index in the world.
March
The Committee to Encourage Corporate Philanthropy (CECP) presented the Excellence in Corporate Philanthropy Award to Pfizer in recognition of its commitment to corporate giving, highlighting both strategic and humanitarian considerations.
February
Pfizer is recognized as having the top-rated Investor Relations program both within the pharmaceutical industry and the overall health care sector. In the recently completed 2003 survey, the magazine asked institutional analysts and fund managers to evaluate the investor relations activities of major U.S. corporations, focusing particularly on: transparency and quality of financial reporting/disclosure; and responsiveness and knowledge of the Investor Relations team. — Institutional Investor Magazine
In its third consecutive evaluation of Pfizer corporate governance, Governance Metrics International (GMI), a corporate governance research and ratings agency, issued its highest overall rating of 10 to Pfizer — Governance Metrics International. GMI gave special recognition to this achievement, noting that Pfizer's governance practices are "a clear recognition of the company's commitment to shareholder rights and progressive governance."
January
Institutional Investor magazine published a list of the country's best chief executive and chief financial officers. Hank McKinnell, Chairman and CEO of Pfizer Inc, and David Shedlarz, CFO, ranked 1st in the Major Pharmaceutical category. — Institutional Investor magazine
For the ninth consecutive year, the Pfizer Pharmaceutical Sales Force was voted as first overall in Verispan's "Pharmaceutical Sales Force Structures & Strategies for 2003-2004" by a survey of U.S. Physicians — Verispan
2003
November
Pfizer Scientist Chris Hitchcock named one of the 'Scientific American 50' recognizing outstanding acts of leadership in technology — Scientific American
October
www.pfizer.com receives Standard of Excellence WebAward from the Web Marketing Association
United Nations Association of America (UNA-USA) awards Hank McKinnell the 2003 Global Leadership Award
Pfizer Most Admired Pharmaceutical Company — MedAdNews
Karen Katen, President of the Pfizer Pharmaceuticals Group and Executive Vice President of Pfizer Inc, is ranked 6th in Fortune® magazine's list of "The 50 Most Powerful Women In Business."
September
B2B Magazine names www.pfizer.com one of the NetMarketing Top 100 Business-to-Business Web Sites
July
Hank McKinnell, Pfizer Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, named to list of "Most Powerful People in Business" — Fortune®
Governance Metrics International (GMI), a corporate governance ratings agency, issued its highest overall score of 10 to Pfizer Inc for the second time. This updated review of Pfizer corporate governance practices is significant because GMI expanded its initial coverage of S&P 500 companies to over 1,000 U.S. and 600 non-U.S. companies. Pfizer received the top ranking in a comparison study of each company's governance policies and practices.
June
Pfizer selected as one of the top 25 vendors for Latino entrepreneurs — Hispanic Magazine
Pfizer named one of New York City's Top 100 Companies — Newsday
March
Pfizer Ranks First in Governance Transparency: In a study specifically focused only on governance practices that are above and beyond those that are required to be disclosed by regulatory agencies such as the SEC and NYSE, Pfizer received the highest score for governance transparency across 52 non-mandated governance disclosures. Conducted by Sibson Consulting and Spencer Stuart, the study examined the 2001 annual reports and proxy statements of 385 large and mid-cap companies. — Sibson Consulting and Spencer Stuart
Pfizer named "One of the Best 50 Performers"— Business Week®
Best Corporate Governance award given to Pfizer by Investor Relations magazine
February
Fortune® magazine ranks Pfizer #14 on list of "World's Most Admired Companies."
Hank McKinnell, Pfizer Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, named as one of America's best CEOs — Institutional Investor magazine
January
Pfizer Inc Named One of the "100 Best Companies to Work for in America" — Fortune®
2002
December
Governance Metrics International, a corporate governance ratings agency, issued its highest overall score of 10 to Pfizer Inc., noting that the rating is a reflection of the company's longstanding leadership in corporate governance.
October
Pfizer Named One of the World's Best Companies for Leaders — Chief Executive
Karen Katen, President of the Pfizer Pharmaceuticals Group and Executive Vice President of Pfizer Inc, is ranked 7th in Fortune® magazine's list of "The 50 Most Powerful Women In Business."
Pfizer Named One of the 100 Best Companies for Working Mothers — Working Mother®
Business Week Magazine names Pfizer as one of the best corporate boards.
September / October
Pfizer is named one of the "Five Champion Boards" by Corporate Board Member Magazine.
July
In a survey conducted by The Chronicle of Philanthropy, Pfizer is ranked as the world's most generous company
April
Pfizer named one of the Top 500 Companies in America — Forbes®
Pfizer employees Marta Andino and Sylvia Montero named to list of 80 Elite Hispanic Women — Hispanic Business Magazine
March
Pfizer named one of Best Global Firms in the survey on the Competitive Fitness of Global Firms — INSEAD
Spencer Stuart / Wharton Board Excellence Award given to Pfizer Board of Directors in recognition of high governance standards.
February
Fortune®magazine ranks Pfizer #12 on list of Global Most Admired Companies.
Pfizer Inc named the "Most Admired Pharmaceutical Company in America" — Fortune®
Pfizer Inc ranked #1 in training and developing its employees on Training magazine's Top 100 — Training
Pfizer is #3 on list of best advertisers who support family friendly programming — Parents Television Council
January / February
Hispanic Magazine names Pfizer to its 2002 list of "The Top 100 Companies Providing the Most Opportunities to Hispanics."
January
Pfizer Inc Named One of the "100 Best Companies to Work for in America" — Fortune®
2001
December
Pfizer Inc is awarded the Gold Well Workplace Award and recognized as one of "America's Healthiest Companies" by the Wellness Councils of America.
Pfizer Chairman and CEO, Dr. Hank McKinnell, is named one of the "25 Most Influencial Global Executives" by journalists at TIME and CNN.
November
Pfizer is honored by The Compassionate Friends, the nation's largest self-help bereavement support organization, as a recipient of the Compassionate Employer Recognition Award.
October
Pfizer Selected as Most Admired Pharmaceutical Company in First Annual MedAdNews Poll — MedAdNews
Pfizer Named One of the 100 Best Companies for Working Mothers — Working Mother® (PDF)
Karen Katen, President of the Pfizer Pharmaceuticals Group and Executive Vice President of Pfizer Inc, is ranked 7th in Fortune® magazine's list of "The 50 Most Powerful Women In Business."
August 6
Pfizer is Ranked the Largest Corporate Donor in the United States
June 25
Pfizer Spain named "2001 Most Admired Pharmaceutical Company in Spain" — Actualidad Económica, Madrid, Spain
June
Pfizer's Agouron Pharmaceuticals named "2001 Company of the Year" by the California Manufacturers & Technology Association (CMTA).
March 20
The Metropolitan New York Better Business Bureau honors Pedro Lichtinger, president of the Pfizer Animal Health Group, with the Latino Executive of New York (LENY) award
March
Pfizer Inc receives "Advancement in the Cause of World-wide Health" Award — Global Pharmaceutical Awards
Pfizer Inc receives "Community Involvement and Corporate Responsibility" Award — Global Pharmaceutical Awards
Pfizer For Living program receives "Most Effective Customer Relationship Management Strategy" Award — Global Pharmaceutical Awards
January
Physician Survey Ranks Pfizer Sales Force First in Industry for Record Sixth Consecutive Year