Gus has a job in pharmaceutical sales, where he makes $48,000 a year.

Lilly said worldwide pharmaceutical sales and services rose 20 percent, to $1.495 billion, in the quarter.

"Probably pharmaceutical sales isn't a good idea," I told them.

Its pharmaceutical sales fell 7.1 percent, to 821 million euros.

The company said worldwide pharmaceutical sales fell by 6 percent, to $532 million in the quarter, compared with the previous year.

People familiar with the deal said the company would have $3 billion in combined pharmaceutical sales.

Over all, worldwide pharmaceutical sales increased 3 percent, to $1.65 billion.

I started a new job in December, doing pharmaceutical sales.

Domestic pharmaceutical sales then declined by 2.5 percent in the first quarter.

"It was disconcerting that the pharmaceutical sales were so weak."