Jubilant Life Sciences has posted a contracted net profit for the first quarter ended June 30, 2017.
The pharmaceutical firm’s net profit for the three-month period dipped by over 12 per cent at ₹143.71 crore, against ₹163.92 crore during the same quarter of the previous fiscal.
However, the company’s total income saw a nearly 10 per cent jump during the June quarter at ₹1,602.86 crore compared with the same period of the previous fiscal.
“The integration of Triad acquisition is expected to give benefit of a niche specialty injectable portfolio with additional revenues of about $200 million,” the company said in a statement on Tuesday.
In a joint statement, Chairman Shyam S Bhartia and Co-Chairman & Managing Director Hari S Bhartia, said the company had witnessed a contraction in margins in its US generics business.
The company’s scrip closed at ₹703.70, down 1.17 per cent on Tuesday.
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