“Every single new product we’ve launched is doing very well,” he added. Shares of the company were up 1.8 percent on Thursday morning.
Total revenue, however, fell 14 percent in dollar terms to $5.34 billion and core earnings per share, which exclude some items, were down 37 percent to 71 cents, reflecting lower income from divestments and investment behind new drug launches.
Analysts, on average, had forecast earnings of 72 cents on revenue of $5.30 billion, Refinitiv data showed. For the full year, the company kept its financial guidance unchanged.
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