Slovenia's Krka says H1 group sales up by 1 pct

Krka dd Novo Mesto

07/07/2016 15:13

LJUBLJANA, July 7 (Reuters) - Slovenia's generic drugs 
producer Krka  KRKG.LJ   KRK.WA  said on Thursday its group 
sales rose by 1 percent to 603.8 million euros  ($668.53 
million) in the first half of 2016. 
    It said sales in its South-East Europe region - Croatia, 
Romania, Serbia, Bosnia, Macedonia and Bulgaria - rose by 27 
percent while sales in its East Europe region - Russia, Ukraine 
and Kazakhstan - fell by 6 percent. 
    Krka is due to announce half-year profit on July 28. 
 
 
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