Slovenia's Krka first-half net profit falls 38 pct

Krka dd Novo Mesto

28/07/2016 11:08

LJUBLJANA, July 28 (Reuters) - Slovenian generic drugs 
producer Krka's  KRKG.LJ  group net profit fell 38 percent to 
70.1 million euros ($77.73 million) in the first half of 2016, 
the company said on Thursday. 
    It said the profit fall was due to lower prices of 
pharmaceuticals and the devaluation of some currencies. It also 
confirmed its earlier report that group sales rose by 1 percent 
to 603.8 million euros in the same period. 
    ($1 = 0.9019 euros) 
 
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