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Alliance Pharma

February 2014

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  • Epic Code:
  • APH
  • Price:
  • 32.5p
A somewhat disappointing update from Alliance, which said sales for 2013 will be below expectations at £45.5m although pretax profit is still expected to be in line at £12m. But disappointment really centres around the fact that Alliance has not been successful in retendering for the toxicology contract with the government, which leaves a gap in future profits. It's a cyclical product - the contract is worth £5m every 2.5 years - and last year was an “on year†when it delivered H1 sales of £3.2m.  Some of the gap in profits will be filled in future years with last month's acquisition of Lipsyl and the acquisition of the German rights from Bayer to Irenat, a thyroid treatment, this month. Sales of Irenat are small at Eu ...

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