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Enrollment Opens Today for Program Providing Savings to Uninsured on Pfizer Medicines

Aug. 18, 2004 - Pfizer Inc announced today that America's uninsured can start saving on their Pfizer medicines by calling the Pfizer Helpful Answers toll-free number or accessing the web site.

Every one of America's uninsured, regardless of age or income, can call toll free to 1-866-706-2400 or log onto the Internet at http://www.pfizerhelpfulanswers.com to find out how to get Pfizer medicines for free or at significant savings. The toll-free number features trained, bi-lingual (English and Spanish) operators who will help patients find and enroll in the best Pfizer program for their needs. Information about the programs and applications can be accessed at http://www.pfizerhelpfulanswers.com.

"Anyone who needs a Pfizer medicine and doesn't have insurance covering prescriptions should take advantage of Helpful Answers," said Hank McKinnell, chairman and chief executive officer of Pfizer Inc. "This new effort is meant to immediately address one of the challenges that the uninsured face in staying healthy—access to prescription medicines. By helping the uninsured get appropriate preventive care, we can help them stay healthier and decrease the need for expensive acute care that burdens our system."

Helpful Answers provides one-stop-shopping to help America's uninsured identify and enroll in the Pfizer program that is best for them, including existing Pfizer patient assistance initiatives and the new Pfizer Pfriends program, announced July 7, 2004. Helpful Answers also will refer patients to other programs for which they may be eligible, such as Medicaid, state prescription assistance programs and other publicly funded programs.

Pfizer Helpful Answers provides the greatest savings for those with the lowest incomes and offers something for every person without prescription medicine insurance, regardless of age or income.

-- Families earning less than $31,000 qualify for free Pfizer medicines, through existing Pfizer programs: Sharing the Careฎ and Connection to CareTM;

-- Through Pfizer Pfriends, families earning less than $45,000 a year will see savings up to 50 percent, and averaging about 37 percent, off retail prices on Pfizer medicines; and,

-- Through Pfizer Pfriends, families earning more than $45,000 will be eligible for savings up to 22%, and averaging 15 percent, offretail prices on Pfizer medicines.

Pfizer has already begun working with partners to get the word out about this new, easy-access system by distributing information at outreach events in Georgia, Mississippi and Iowa. Over the coming weeks and months, Pfizer will work with government officials, more than 40 national organizations, and thousands of local organizations nationwide to educate eligible patients about the program. Pfizer's partners in this effort will include many of the health associations that strive to bring quality health care to the uninsured, such as the National Medical Association and Easter Seals.

America's uninsured who need help getting access to Pfizer medicines can call Helpful Answers at 1-866-706-2400 or log onto the Internet at http://www.pfizerhelpfulanswers.com. For help with non-Pfizer medicines, patients can log onto http://www.helpingpatients.org.