Alk-Abello swings to Q2 loss on revenue decline from North America

18 August 2015

Alk-Abello A/S has swung to a second-quarter 2015 loss hurt by a 44% drop in revenue from North America on the back of special items. Alk's shares dipped 1.5% to 800.00 Danish kroner by midday CET today.

The company posted an operating loss before special items of 18 million kroner ($2.7 million) compared with a profit of 74 million kroner a year ago.

The Denmark-based pharmaceutical company in a statement reported a pretax loss of 35 million kroner against a profit of 53 million kroner a year earlier.

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