DEERFIELD, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Baxter International Inc. (NYSE:BAX) today reported second quarter financial results that exceeded the company’s previously issued guidance, and provided its complete financial outlook for the second half of 2015. The results for the second quarter of 2015 include the company’s BioScience business, which was officially spun-off on July 1st and is now operating as a publicly traded biopharmaceutical company, Baxalta Incorporated (NYSE: BXLT). Starting in the third quarter of 2015, the BioScience business will be presented as a discontinued operation in Baxter’s results.
For the second quarter, Baxter posted net income of $332 million and earnings of $0.60 per diluted share. Second quarter 2015 results included net after-tax special items totaling $218 million (or $0.40 per diluted share) primarily related to costs associated with the company’s spin-off of Baxalta, select business development initiatives and intangible asset amortization, partially offset by a benefit from a litigation settlement in which Baxter was the beneficiary. Second quarter 2014 results included net after-tax charges totaling $172 million or ($0.31 per diluted share).
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For the second quarter, Baxter posted net income of $332 million and earnings of $0.60 per diluted share. Second quarter 2015 results included net after-tax special items totaling $218 million (or $0.40 per diluted share) primarily related to costs associated with the company’s spin-off of Baxalta, select business development initiatives and intangible asset amortization, partially offset by a benefit from a litigation settlement in which Baxter was the beneficiary. Second quarter 2014 results included net after-tax charges totaling $172 million or ($0.31 per diluted share).
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