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Alliance Pharma - Stronger than anticipated margins

February 2013

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Sending the shares higher was a pre-close update, which said sales in 2012 are expected to be Â£44.9m, down a smidge on the previous year although stronger than expected gross margins means pretax profits will come in ahead of expectations. In particular, Hydromol, sold strongly with full year sales of Â£4.7m, representing growth of 29% year on year whilst contributions from Opus and the antimalarial brands bought from AstraZeneca also contributed to the margin increase. Results are due on 21 March. Buy. ...

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