Healthy Skepticism Library item: 18452

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Publication type: news

Donley M
Forest Labs' profit drops 55% on charges
Market Watch 2010 July 20
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/forest-labs-profit-drops-55-on-charges-2010-07-20

Full text:

Forest Laboratories said Tuesday that its first-quarter earnings fell to $117.5 million, or 39 cents a share, from $262.9 million, or 87 cents a share, in the year-earlier period. The drug maker said its latest results include charges of 17 cents a share for a new product licensing fee and 39 cents a share related to resolving a Justice Department-led probe into pharmaceutical marketing activities. Excluding items, Forest Labs’ earnings would have increased to 95 cents a share from 87 cents. On average, analysts polled by FactSet Research expected a profit of 87 cents a share. Forest Labs said it now expects to post full-year profit of $3.67 to $3.77 a share, excluding items.