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A&D Pharma posts 19m-euro profit despite shrinking market

21.03.2010, 19:41 9

A&D Pharma, the biggest pharmaceutical company on thedomestic market, stepped into the black in 2009, when it posted 19million euros in net profit after two loss-making years. Theturnover was up 3% to 514 million euros. The pharmaceutical marketin Romania shrank by 1.5% to 1.92 billion euros.

The net profit was the result of steps taken to make the localoperations efficient and of the enforcement of a restructuringprogramme that generated 6 million euros in savings, the companyofficials say.

At the same time, A&D Pharma announced the completion of thetakeover of

Ozone Laboratories' operations in Poland, Czech Republic,Hungary, Slovenia and Bulgaria in a deal put at 20-23 millioneuros.

The list of 2010-2011 development goals of A&D Pharma alsoincludes growth by greenfield investments of its newest business -the medical service division Anima, with the company specifying ithad an untapped indebtedness capacity of 60 million euros.

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