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Alliance Pharma - Gain reaches 75% in five months

May 2010

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Allianceâ€™s performance has continued in a euphoric vein, with the shares registering a new high of 36p and final results were also good. For the year to 31 December, turnover rose 44% to Â£31.2m, while pretax profit increased 254% to Â£8.6m. Eps tripled to 3.6p. Growth came thanks to a four-fold rise in sales of the steroid Deltocortril to Â£8.5m, while Nu-Seals, the low dose aspirin, increased sales 24% to Â£5.8m. The dermatology range enjoyed an 18% rise in sales to Â£5.1m. Changes in the product mix drove gross margin up from 51% to 58%. Net debt fell from Â£25.2m to Â£21.7m, while net debt / EBITDA improved from 4 times to 1.9 times. The integration of the Cambridge Labs business is progressing well with the transfer ...

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