NEW YORK (AP) _ Pfizer Inc. (PFE) on Thursday reported second-quarter earnings of $9.91 billion.

On a per-share basis, the New York-based company said it had net income of $1.73. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, came to $2.04 per share.

The results surpassed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of six analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $1.75 per share.

The drugmaker posted revenue of $27.74 billion in the period, which also beat Street forecasts. Four analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $26.32 billion.

Pfizer expects full-year earnings in the range of $6.30 to $6.45 per share, with revenue in the range of $98 billion to $102 billion.

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