** Specialty pharmaceutical company's shares SNOA.O rise
18% to $8.89 premarket after co posts a 66% rise in Q1 revenue
** Says quarter was helped by coronavirus-driven demand for
virucidal and disinfectant technology urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nBw8BGRyTa
** Q1 operating expenses were down 32% to $2.8 mln vs last
year
** We've transitioned most of our California manufacturing
to our existing factory in Mexico and are beginning to see the
cost savings from those actions- CEO Amy Trombly says
** Stock has surged ~73% YTD
(Reporting by Shreyasee Raj in Bengaluru)
((Shreyasee.Raj@thomsonreuters.com;))