Synthelabo's device sales up 11% in first half:
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
Synthelabo's medical device sales rose 11.4% to Fr 389 million ($76 million) in the first six months of 1996 compared with the previous year. Ela Medical achieved sales of Fr 288 million, an increase of 12.8% over the first half of 1995. Sales at Porges, Synthelabo's catheter division, were Fr 101 million, an increase of 7.4% on a comparable basis. Synthelabo group sales rose 10.9% in the first half of 1996 to Fr 5,122.6 million and the company says 1996 year sales should top Fr 10,000 million.