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Closing Glance: Pharmaceuticals slip

Shares of pharmaceutical companies fell Tuesday as the broader market closed mostly lower on continued concerns about the economy and inflation.
/ Source: The Associated Press

Shares of pharmaceutical companies fell Tuesday as the broader market closed mostly lower on continued concerns about the economy and inflation.

Here's how some key drug makers performed Tuesday:

Schering-Plough Corp., down 5 cents to $19.61.

Merck & Co., down 60 cents to $36.39.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., down 52 cents, or 2.5 percent, to $20.11.

Pfizer Inc., down 8 cents to $17.94.