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Alliance Pharma

July 2013

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Alliance Pharma, which is building by acquisition a portfolio of generic drugs, has just announced it has bought the worldwide rights to Syntometrine from Novartis for US$11.5m. Syntometrine, an obstetric drug used in the final stages of labour, has been selling in several countries including Australia, South Africa, Malaysia and New Zealand and in the year to March 2013 total sales were US$3.2m with gross margin generated of US$2.8m. Alliance expects to have annual distribution and operating costs of Â£0.5m associated with these territories. Earlier at its AGM Alliance noted that trading in the first four months of 2013 has been 6% ahead of last year with Hydromol (dermatology) sales going particularly well.Originall ...

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