Sales & Earnings In Brief
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Barr: Emergency contraceptive Plan B second quarter sales increased $12 mil. over the year-ago quarter due to the OTC launch in November 2006, Barr reports in an Aug. 8 analysts call ("1The Tan Sheet" March 5, 2007, In Brief and 2"The Tan Sheet" Nov. 13 2006, p. 8). The firm's total revenues for the quarter were $637 mil., up 81% from the same period in the prior year. With Plan B boosting its proprietary division sales, generic oral contraception sales also drove overall revenue. Integration of Croatian firm PLIVA acquired in 2006 is on track, the firm reports...