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Total Other Income, Net

For your convenience, we provide here the detail on the "other income, net" line of our income statements.

Total Other Income, Net1 2 ($ in millions)

2008 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Year
Biotech gains  $ 1  $ 43  $ 22  -  -
Biotech writedowns  - $ (1)  -  -  -
Interest income
   Investment income3  $ 69  $ 51  $ 15  -  -
   Impairment charges4  -  -  $ (67)  -  -
Interest expense5  $ (18)  $ (15)  $ (25)  -  -
Other non-operating income (loss)  $ 4  -  $ (3)  -  -
TOTAL  $ 56  $ 78  $ (58)  -  -

2007 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Year
Biotech gains  $ 8  $ 4  $ 5  $ 5  $ 22
Biotech writedowns  $ (3)  -  -  $ (16)  $ (20)
Interest income
   Investment income3  $ 69  $ 70  $ 80  $ 80  $ 300
   Impairment charges4, 6  -  -  -  $ (30)  $ (30)
Interest expense5  $ (18)  $ (17)  $ (18)  $ (22)  $ (76)
Other non-operating income  -  $ 1  $ (1)  $ 1  $ 1
TOTAL  $ 56  $ 58  $ 66  $ 18  $ 197

2006 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Year
Biotech gains  $ 3  $ 66  $ 11  $ 12  $ 93
Biotech writedowns  -  -  $ (1)  $ (3)  $ (4)
Interest income  $ 49  $ 54  $ 64  $ 64  $ 230
Interest expense5  $ (19)  $ (18)  $ (19)  $ (18)  $ (74)
Other non-operating income  $ 1  $ 1  -  $ 4  $ 6
TOTAL  $ 34  $ 103  $ 55  $ 59  $ 251

2005 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Year
Biotech gains  $ 0.9  $ 0.5  $ 3.5  $ 4.2  $ 9.1
Biotech writedowns  $ (3.5)  $ (0.1)  $ (2.1)  $ (4.4)  $ (10.1)
Interest income  $ 21.8  $ 35.0  $ 41.2  $ 43.9  $ 141.9
Interest expense5  $ (2.8)  $ (3.9)  $ (20.2)  $ (23.0)  $ (49.9)
TOTAL  $ 16.4  $ 31.5  $ 22.4  $ 20.7  $ 91.0

2004 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Year
Biotech gains  $ 0.7  $ 0.4  $ 10.5  $ 0.3  $ 11.9
Biotech writedowns  -  $ (0.1)  $ (12.0)  $ (0.3)  $ (12.4)
Interest income  $ 23.0  $ 16.5  $ 26.9  $ 24.1  $ 90.5
Interest expense  $ (1.4)  $ (1.4)  $ (1.9)  $ (2.7)  $ (7.4)
TOTAL  $ 22.3  $ 15.4  $ 23.5  $ 21.4  $ 82.6

2003 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Year
Biotech gains  $ 0.5  $ 19.7  $ 0.8  $ 0.1  $ 21.1
Biotech writedowns  $ (3.7)  -  -  -  $ (3.8)
Interest income  $ 18.9  $ 21.2  $ 16.1  $ 22.2  $ 78.4
Interest expense  -  -  $ (1.0)  $ (2.0)  $ (2.9)
TOTAL  $ 15.7  $ 40.9  $ 15.9  $ 20.3  $ 92.8

2002 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Year
Biotech gains  $ 17.1  -  $ 17.9  $ 12.8  $ 47.9
Biotech writedowns  $ (8.2)  $ (1.2)  $ (23.6)  $ (7.7)  $ (40.8)
Interest income  $ 28.3  $ 30.0  $ 20.8  $ 22.2  $ 101.4
Interest expense  $ (0.8)  -  -  -  $ (0.8)
TOTAL  $ 36.4  $ 28.8  $ 15.1  $ 27.3  $ 107.7

2001 Year
Biotech gains  $ 27.7
Biotech writedowns  $ (27.5)
Interest income  $ 130.5
Interest expense  $ (5.7)
TOTAL  $ 125.0

(1) As part of our strategic alliance efforts, we invest in debt and equity securities of certain biotechnology companies with which we have or have had collaborative agreements. The "other income, net" includes realized gains and losses from the sale of certain of these biotechnology equity securities as well as changes in the recoverability of our debt securities. In addition, "other income, net" includes write-downs for other-than-temporary declines in the fair value of certain of these biotechnology debt and equity securities, interest income and interest expense.

(2) The values shown above are exact, which may lead to the appearance of footing errors.

(3) Investment income includes interest and dividend income, bond-related amortization, realized gains and losses on available-for-sale securities and trading securities, and changes in unrealized gains and losses on trading securities.

(4) Impairment charges consist of write-downs for other-than-temporary declines in the fair value of financial investments.

(5) Beginning in Q4 2005, Interest expense is reported as a separate line item within the consolidated statements of income data.

(6) Presentation changed to report Q4 2007 impairment as a separate line item.