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| Last: 64.38 | Chg: +0.11 | %Chg: +0.17% | Open: 64.49 | Vol: 2.8 M | |
| Bid: 64.37 | Ask: 64.38 | Size: 21 | High: 64.56 | Low: 64.26 | Avg Vol: 11.7 M |

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| Industry | Pharmaceuticals |
| Shares Outstanding | 2.8 B |
| 52 Wk Performance Price | 37.9% |
| Dividend | 1.96 2010/02/19 |
| Today's High 64.56 | P/E 14.6 |
| Today's Low 64.26 | EPS 4.4 |
| Open 64.49 | Price to Book 18.4 |
| Prev Close 64.27 | |
| 52 Wk high 65.95 | Moving Averages: |
| 52 Wk Low 46.93 | 21 Day 63.42 |
| Market Cap 176.9 B | 50 Day 63.80 |
| Yield 3.05 | 200 Day 60.92 |
| Bid $ | Ask $ | Chg $ | Vol | Opn Int | Series | Bid $ | Ask $ | Chg $ | Vol | Opn Int |
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| 19.20 | 19.50 | 0.05 | 0 | 107 | Mar 10 45.0 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0 | 1366 |
| 14.20 | 14.50 | 0.05 | 0 | 0 | Mar 10 50.0 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0 | 417 |
| 9.20 | 9.50 | 0.08 | 0 | 192 | Mar 10 55.0 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0 | 2561 |
| 4.35 | 4.45 | 0.10 | 13 | 1989 | Mar 10 60.0 | 0.02 | 0.04 | -0.01 | 55 | 18464 |
| 0.22 | 0.23 | 0.00 | 394 | 21719 | Mar 10 65.0 | 0.84 | 0.86 | -0.09 | 405 | 6102 |
| 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 14 | 1858 | Mar 10 70.0 | 5.55 | 5.80 | -0.05 | 0 | 450 |
| 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0 | 501 | Mar 10 75.0 | 10.50 | 10.70 | -0.10 | 0 | 146 |
| 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | Mar 10 80.0 | 15.50 | 15.70 | -0.10 | 0 | 26 |
| 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | Mar 10 85.0 | 20.50 | 20.80 | -0.05 | 0 | 0 |
| 24.20 | 24.50 | 0.05 | 0 | 42 | Apr 10 40.0 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0 | 2628 |
| 19.20 | 19.50 | 0.05 | 0 | 0 | Apr 10 45.0 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0 | 1058 |
| 14.25 | 14.50 | 0.02 | 0 | 35 | Apr 10 50.0 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 3 | 3256 |
| 9.35 | 9.55 | 0.13 | 20 | 1354 | Apr 10 55.0 | 0.04 | 0.08 | 0.00 | 5 | 16078 |
| 4.50 | 4.55 | 0.08 | 58 | 8721 | Apr 10 60.0 | 0.14 | 0.16 | -0.02 | 79 | 22310 |
| 0.72 | 0.75 | 0.03 | 498 | 32406 | Apr 10 65.0 | 1.35 | 1.39 | -0.06 | 712 | 12106 |
| 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 1 | 10087 | Apr 10 70.0 | 5.60 | 5.70 | -0.10 | 0 | 2384 |
| 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0 | 940 | Apr 10 75.0 | 10.50 | 10.80 | -0.05 | 0 | 160 |
| 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0 | 4 | Apr 10 80.0 | 15.20 | 15.80 | -0.18 | 0 | 0 |
| 24.20 | 24.55 | 0.05 | 0 | 0 | Jul 10 40.0 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.00 | 0 | 3347 |
| 19.20 | 19.55 | 0.05 | 0 | 0 | Jul 10 45.0 | 0.09 | 0.10 | -0.01 | 63 | 1174 |
| 14.25 | 14.55 | 0.00 | 0 | 81 | Jul 10 50.0 | 0.18 | 0.20 | 0.00 | 0 | 7762 |
| 9.55 | 9.65 | 0.10 | 1 | 588 | Jul 10 55.0 | 0.36 | 0.38 | -0.01 | 15 | 9870 |
| 5.00 | 5.10 | 0.05 | 63 | 9460 | Jul 10 60.0 | 0.95 | 0.97 | -0.03 | 1 | 21890 |
| 1.68 | 1.72 | 0.04 | 94 | 18700 | Jul 10 65.0 | 2.74 | 2.78 | -0.07 | 10 | 13424 |
| 0.27 | 0.30 | 0.00 | 10 | 17748 | Jul 10 70.0 | 6.35 | 6.45 | -0.10 | 0 | 842 |
| 0.01 | 0.06 | 0.00 | 0 | 1657 | Jul 10 75.0 | 11.10 | 11.20 | -0.10 | 0 | 1496 |
| 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0 | 401 | Jul 10 80.0 | 15.95 | 16.35 | -0.05 | 0 | 734 |
| 19.20 | 19.55 | 0.05 | 0 | 1263 | Oct 10 45.0 | 0.16 | 0.20 | -0.01 | 0 | 66 |
| 14.40 | 14.55 | 0.08 | 0 | 451 | Oct 10 50.0 | 0.36 | 0.38 | -0.01 | 0 | 1076 |
| 9.70 | 9.80 | 0.10 | 0 | 72 | Oct 10 55.0 | 0.79 | 0.82 | -0.02 | 8 | 888 |
| 5.45 | 5.55 | 0.05 | 0 | 479 | Oct 10 60.0 | 1.79 | 1.81 | -0.05 | 4 | 1629 |
| 2.34 | 2.38 | 0.03 | 25 | 1233 | Oct 10 65.0 | 3.80 | 3.90 | -0.05 | 0 | 1136 |
| 0.68 | 0.71 | 0.00 | 104 | 2048 | Oct 10 70.0 | 7.20 | 7.30 | -0.10 | 0 | 259 |
| 0.13 | 0.16 | 0.00 | 0 | 426 | Oct 10 75.0 | 11.65 | 11.75 | -0.10 | 0 | 32 |
| 0.01 | 0.05 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | Oct 10 80.0 | 16.55 | 16.65 | -0.10 | 0 | 0 |
| 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | Oct 10 85.0 | 21.50 | 21.65 | -0.10 | 0 | 52 |
| 43.30 | 45.50 | 0.10 | 0 | 2 | Jan 11 20.0 | 0.00 | 0.05 | 0.00 | 0 | 903 |
| 38.30 | 40.50 | 0.08 | 0 | 0 | Jan 11 25.0 | 0.00 | 0.05 | 0.00 | 0 | 2150 |
| 33.30 | 35.50 | 0.08 | 0 | 7 | Jan 11 30.0 | 0.04 | 0.10 | 0.00 | 0 | 1688 |
| 28.30 | 30.50 | 0.05 | 0 | 79 | Jan 11 35.0 | 0.09 | 0.13 | -0.02 | 12 | 7640 |
| 24.10 | 24.60 | 0.02 | 0 | 2604 | Jan 11 40.0 | 0.19 | 0.24 | 0.00 | 0 | 2900 |
| 19.20 | 19.55 | 0.02 | 0 | 75 | Jan 11 45.0 | 0.36 | 0.40 | -0.01 | 0 | 4018 |
| 14.35 | 14.70 | 0.07 | 0 | 9211 | Jan 11 50.0 | 0.69 | 0.72 | -0.03 | 0 | 23250 |
| 9.90 | 10.00 | 0.07 | 0 | 7682 | Jan 11 55.0 | 1.35 | 1.39 | -0.04 | 0 | 19807 |
| 5.90 | 6.00 | 0.07 | 20 | 18717 | Jan 11 60.0 | 2.61 | 2.64 | -0.05 | 0 | 14510 |
| 4.25 | 4.35 | 0.05 | 0 | 339 | Jan 11 62.5 | 3.55 | 3.60 | -0.05 | 0 | 215 |
| 2.91 | 2.96 | 0.04 | 41 | 19732 | Jan 11 65.0 | 4.75 | 4.85 | -0.05 | 0 | 11401 |
| 1.14 | 1.18 | 0.02 | 19 | 26618 | Jan 11 70.0 | 8.05 | 8.15 | -0.10 | 0 | 2038 |
| 0.36 | 0.40 | 0.00 | 20 | 8902 | Jan 11 75.0 | 12.20 | 12.50 | -0.12 | 0 | 345 |
| 0.10 | 0.14 | 0.01 | 0 | 1688 | Jan 11 80.0 | 16.80 | 17.25 | -0.10 | 0 | 606 |
| 0.03 | 0.08 | 0.00 | 0 | 1119 | Jan 11 85.0 | 21.70 | 22.20 | -0.20 | 0 | 281 |
| 0.00 | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0 | 3831 | Jan 11 90.0 | 26.40 | 27.25 | -0.17 | 0 | 236 |
| 0.00 | 0.05 | 0.00 | 0 | 621 | Jan 11 95.0 | 30.75 | 32.80 | -0.23 | 0 | 10 |
| 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0 | 1267 | Jan 11 100.0 | 35.75 | 37.60 | -0.28 | 0 | 194 |
| 23.95 | 24.95 | -0.02 | 0 | 493 | Jan 12 40.0 | 0.76 | 0.86 | -0.03 | 0 | 568 |
| 19.25 | 19.80 | 0.10 | 0 | 68 | Jan 12 45.0 | 1.15 | 1.37 | -0.03 | 0 | 436 |
| 14.65 | 15.00 | 0.10 | 13 | 8328 | Jan 12 50.0 | 1.94 | 2.21 | -0.03 | 0 | 4011 |
| 7.30 | 7.45 | 0.15 | 54 | 3340 | Jan 12 60.0 | 5.00 | 5.30 | -0.05 | 0 | 4228 |
| 5.75 | 6.00 | 0.03 | 1 | 7 | Jan 12 62.5 | 6.15 | 6.35 | -0.07 | 0 | 0 |
| 4.50 | 4.85 | 0.05 | 0 | 489 | Jan 12 65.0 | 7.40 | 7.75 | -0.10 | 0 | 459 |
| 2.70 | 2.94 | 0.09 | 10 | 2138 | Jan 12 70.0 | 10.50 | 10.90 | -0.07 | 0 | 665 |
| 0.77 | 0.83 | 0.02 | 10 | 2270 | Jan 12 80.0 | 18.50 | 18.90 | -0.10 | 0 | 655 |
| 0.19 | 0.35 | 0.01 | 0 | 866 | Jan 12 90.0 | 27.40 | 28.35 | -0.02 | 0 | 636 |