Pfizer's June quarter net grows 43% to Rs 54 crore

Drug maker Pfizer on Saturday posted a 43.43 percent rise in its net profit at Rs 53.83 crore for the first quarter ended June.

New Delhi: Drug maker Pfizer on Saturday posted a 43.43 percent rise in its net profit at Rs 53.83 crore for the first quarter ended June.

The company had posted profit of Rs 37.53 crore a year earlier.

Net sales rose to Rs 479.20 crore for the said quarter compared with Rs 431.03 crore in the year-ago quarter, Pfizer said in a filing to BSE.

The company said there has been a temporary impact on production at the Goa plant due to conciliation issues between the workers union and the management.

The company has already taken alternative manufacturing initiatives, it added.

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