Sentiment · FY2026 Q1
What companies say about each other on earnings calls — extracted verbatim from public transcripts. Mentions from the newest quarter are a Pro feature.
“Accenture, Bristol-Myers Squibb, EY Global and the U.K.'s Tax and Payments and Customs Authority all purchased over 15,000 seats this quarter”
Bristol-Myers Squibb purchased over 15,000 Microsoft 365 Copilot seats in the quarter, indicating enterprise Copilot adoption in pharma.
“we are partnering with Bristol Myers Squibb, a global biopharmaceutical leader, to transform how therapies move from discovery to market”
Bristol Myers Squibb is an Accenture client embedding AI at scale to accelerate drug discovery-to-market.
“So we're looking forward to this product that we're developing in collaboration with Bristol Myers Squibb.”
J&J is co-developing the factor XIa inhibitor Milvexian with Bristol Myers Squibb, a multibillion-dollar opportunity for both partners in AFib and secondary stroke.
“ABP-two zero six and ABP-two thirty four biosimilar candidates to Opdivo and Keytruda respectively have completed enrollment in each of their comparative clinical studies”
Amgen is developing a biosimilar to Bristol Myers Squibb's Opdivo, signaling future biosimilar competition against that branded oncology drug.
“we powered the study so that we can win in both PFS, but also where Opdualag failed in OS.”
Regeneron highlights that BMS's Opdualag failed on overall survival, framing its own melanoma combo as positioned to outperform.
“our next wave of biosimilar candidates is advancing in Phase III clinical development, featuring biosimilars to OPDIVO, KEYTRUDA and OCREVUS.”
Amgen has an OPDIVO biosimilar in Phase III, a read-through of upcoming biosimilar pressure on Bristol Myers Squibb's flagship immuno-oncology franchise.
“What I wanted to point out is that, that opportunity really aligns well with the ongoing development we have going on at the same campus with Bristol-Myers.”
Bristol-Myers Squibb is expanding at ARE's Campus Point Megacampus in San Diego alongside a newly signed multinational pharma lease, reinforcing demand for ARE's flagship life-science campus.
“In the U.S., the BMS-Pfizer alliance recently announced a new direct-to-patient option for purchasing Eliquis via the alliance's patient resource Eliquis 360 Support. This option offers uninsured, underinsured or self-pay patients an opportunity to significantly lower out- of-pocket costs for Eliquis.”
Pfizer and alliance partner BMS jointly launched a direct-to-consumer purchasing option for Eliquis aimed at lowering out-of-pocket costs, a positive for the co-marketed franchise.
“First of all, Bristol appears to think there's a path forward with co-benefit in adjuvant schizophrenia based on existing data.”
An analyst references Bristol Myers Squibb's schizophrenia program while asking AbbVie about the regulatory path for its own emraclidine asset.
“In addition, we expect the readout of our fifth head-to-head study in psoriasis comparing Skyrizi to Sotyktu, which will continue to differentiate the brand versus oral competitors.”
AbbVie is running a head-to-head trial of Skyrizi against Bristol Myers Squibb's oral competitor Sotyktu in psoriasis to further differentiate its franchise.
“As we've seen from the small dataset with our friends at Bristol, in terms of their combination, those datasets are very small and they're hard to really make convincing conclusions on.”
Regeneron's Chief Scientific Officer characterizes competitor Bristol Myers Squibb's early LAG-3/PD-1 combination data as too small to draw firm conclusions, contrasting it with Regeneron's own melanoma program.
“one-time non-tax deductible in-process R&D charge related to the Orbital acquisition.”
Bristol Myers references its acquisition of Orbital Therapeutics, which drove an in-process R&D charge and an ongoing 2026 program investment.
“we do know that Doctor. Reddy Labs has posted a, you know, opportunity to to file their manufacturing facility is out of India”
Bristol Myers notes Dr. Reddy's Laboratories has moved toward filing an Orencia biosimilar, a competitive read-through on the Orencia franchise.
“We presented data with Pfizer's TCE at ASH.”
Bristol Myers references presenting combination data using Pfizer's T-cell engager, indicating a clinical collaboration touchpoint with Pfizer in multiple myeloma.
“Some of the eligibility criteria set from the stroke study that Bayer is running and our Librexa stroke studies can be different.”
Bristol Myers compares its Milvexian secondary-stroke-prevention trial against Bayer's competing factor XI (asundexian) stroke study, a competitive read-through in the anticoagulant space.
“In December, with our partners at BioNTech, we also shared the first global phase two data for pemigatinib in locally advanced or metastatic triple-negative breast cancer.”
Bristol Myers cites its co-development partnership with BioNTech on the PD-L1xVEGF bispecific, sharing encouraging phase two data, a positive read-through on the BioNTech partnership.
“the data we have seen from Summit so far.”
Summit Therapeutics' ivonescimab is a competing PD-1/VEGF bispecific; its data is referenced as a competitive read-across for BMS's pumitamig program.
“your first round in the PD-1 battle, the development and commercial kind of competition with Merck”
Merck (Keytruda) was BMS's main rival in the first PD-1 era; BMS reflects on those competitive learnings as it enters the PD-1/VEGF bispecific race.
“milvexian is being dosed at 25 milligrams BID in secondary stroke prevention, which is the same daily dose as Bayer's asundexian 50 milligrams QD.”
Bayer's asundexian is a competing Factor XIa anticoagulant; the analyst compares its dosing and profile against BMS's milvexian in secondary stroke prevention.
“This is a work that has been scrutinized very carefully in BMS and also with our partner, J&J, in this setting.”
J&J is BMS's development partner on the Factor XIa anticoagulant milvexian, jointly scrutinizing dosing and trial design.
“we with our Pfizer partners for Eliquis, we announced that Eliquis would be available via direct-to-patient at a discounted rate over 40% less than the list price.”
Pfizer co-markets Eliquis with BMS; the partners launched a direct-to-patient program offering Eliquis at over 40% off list price.
“we closed the previously announced licensing agreement with PhiloChem for exclusive worldwide rights to”
BMS licensed exclusive worldwide rights to PhiloChem's radiopharmaceutical Onco-ACP3 for prostate cancer, expanding its radiopharma platform.
“we saw progress with our partner, SystImmune, as we announced that the first patient was treated in the global Phase II/III trial of iza-bren in previously untreated triple-negative breast cancer ineligible for anti-PD-L1 drugs.”
SystImmune is BMS's partner on the bispecific ADC iza-bren, which advanced into a global Phase II/III breast cancer trial and triggered a milestone payment.
| Analyst | Firm | Questions (Challenge)Percentage of questions scored as challenging — where the analyst pushed back, pressed for specifics, or questioned management's assumptions. |
|---|---|---|
| Geoff Meacham | Citigroup | 11 (0%) |
| Chris Schott | JPMorgan | 10 (0%) |
| Terence Flynn | Morgan Stanley | 9 (0%) |
| Dave Risinger | Leerink Partners | 9 (0%) |
| Steve Scala | TD Cowen | 8 (0%) |
| Courtney Breen | Bernstein | 8 (0%) |
| Asad Haider | Goldman Sachs | 8 (0%) |
| Seamus Fernandez | Guggenheim | 7 (0%) |
| Evan Seigerman | BMO Capital Markets | 7 (0%) |
| Tim Anderson | Bank of America | 6 (0%) |
| Firm | Analysts | Questions (Challenge)Percentage of questions scored as challenging — where the analyst pushed back, pressed for specifics, or questioned management's assumptions. |
|---|---|---|
| Citigroup | 1 | 11 (0%) |
| JPMorgan | 1 | 10 (0%) |
| Morgan Stanley | 1 | 9 (0%) |
| BMO Capital Markets | 2 |
| 9 (0%) |
| Leerink Partners | 1 | 9 (0%) |
| Guggenheim | 2 | 9 (0%) |
| Goldman Sachs | 2 | 9 (0%) |
| Bernstein | 1 | 8 (0%) |
Bristol-Myers Squibb closed FY2025 with revenue up 1.3% as the growth portfolio delivered 17% full-year growth with four $1 billion+ brands. Cobenfy surpassed 100,000 prescriptions in its first year, Eliquis pricing was reset enabling 10-15% growth in 2026, and $10 billion in debt paydown was completed ahead of schedule. Management introduced FY2026 guidance of $46-$47.5 billion revenue and $6.05-$6.35 EPS. A data-rich 2026 was ahead with 10+ pivotal readouts.
Innovation & R&D | Competitive Dynamics | Demand | Product Launch | Regulation Policy | Pricing | Revenue Growth | M&A | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024Q4 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
| 2025Q1 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2025Q2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2025Q3 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | |
| 2025Q4 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | |
| 2026Q1 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 |
| '24Q4 | '25Q1 | '25Q2 | '25Q3 | '25Q4 | '26Q1 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Innovation & R&D | 14 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 13 |
| Competitive Dynamics | 7 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 |
| Demand | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 4 | |
| Product Launch | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 |
| Regulation Policy | 7 | 7 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Pricing | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| Revenue Growth | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| M&A | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Company | Score | Trend | Rev YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
BMY Bristol Myers Squibb | 4 | +2.6% | |
| ABBV AbbVie | 9 | +12.4% | |
| AMGN Amgen Inc. | 8 | +5.8% | |
| BIIB Biogen | 4 | +1.9% | |
| GILD Gilead Sciences | 8 | +4.4% | |
| JNJ Johnson & Johnson | 7 | +10.1% | |
| LLY Lilly (Eli) | 10 | +55.5% | |
| MRK Merck & Co., Inc. | 7 | +4.3% | |
| PFE Pfizer | 5 | +5.4% |