Slovenian drug maker Krka's 9-month profit up by 2 pct

Krka dd Novo Mesto

06/11/2014 11:03

LJUBLJANA, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Slovenian generic drugs maker 
Krka  KRKG.LJ  posted a nine-month group net profit of 127.4 
million euros ($159 million), up 2 percent from the same period 
in 2013, and it expected full-year profit to be level with last 
year, it said on Thursday. 
    Last year's net profit was 172.8 million euros. Krka said 
the figure would remain unchanged in 2015 as well.  
    The company said annual sales would be about 1.2 billion 
euros, below Krka's earlier forecast of 1.25 billion. Nine-month 
sales totalled 858 million euros, unchanged from last year, due 
to the lower prices of drugs and currency risks. 
    (1 US dollar = 0.7989 euro) 
 
 (Reporting By Marja Novak; Editing by Zoran Radosavljevic and 
Susan Thomas) 
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Keywords: KRKA RESULTS/