OREANDA-NEWS. On November 07, 2007 OAO Pharmacy Chain 36.6 [RTS:APTK;MICEX:RU14APTK1007] announced preliminary results on sales volumes and business operations for the first nine months of 2007 according to management reports, reported the press-centre of Pharmacy Chain 36.6.

Sales
The consolidated sales for the first nine months of 2007 according to management accounts totaled US$592 million, which represents 70,6% y-o-y growth.

Sales in the pharmacy segment amounted to US$458.8 million, an increase of 81,6% y-o-y.

In Q3 2007 retail sales amounted to US$158,1 million, up 67,2% over the same period in 2006.

Veropharm [RTS:VRPH, MICEX:VRFM] sales grew 31,4% and reached US$92,9 million.

During the first nine months of 2007 sales of the European Medical Center (EMC) totaled US$18,7 million, up 20,6% over the same period in 2006.

Full report see here: http://www.pharmacychain366.com/news/2007/11/94/