Allergan reports 30.6% increase in net product sales for third quarter 2006
IRVINE, Calif. Allergan Inc. reported third quarter net product sales of $791.7 million, a 30.6% increase over the third quarter 2005, according to a press release.
Excluding product sales related to the company's acquisition of Inamed, pharmaceutical net sales increased 11.5% from the same quarter in the previous year. Allergan reported $0.70 diluted earnings per share compared to $1.12 diluted earnings per share reported for the third quarter of 2005.
For the full year, the company is increasing total product net sales guidance to between $2.975 billion and $3.015 billion. The expected amount of pharmaceutical net sales, including Lumigan (bimatoprost ophthalmic solution) and Botox (botulinum toxin type A), has been increased to between $2.610 billion and $2.620 billion, although expectations for sales of Restasis (cyclosporine ophthalmic emulsion) have been lowered to between $265 million and $275 million, according to the release.
The company's board of directors announced a third quarter dividend of $0.10 per share, payable on Dec. 7 to stockholders of record on Nov. 10.