In Belgium STADA has its own sales companies in Brussles named
S.A. Eurogenerics N.V. and S.A. Neocare N.V.
In Belgium, STADA recorded a sales plus in the first three months of the current financial year in the amount of 13% to EUR 39.9 million (1-3/2011: EUR 35.2 million). The positive development was attributable to, among other things, a so-called early entry of Atorvastatin1), which allowed STADA, due to the purchase of the corresponding rights, a market entry with its own generic product for this active ingredient in the Belgian market two months before the actual patent expiration.
With a sales increase of 15% to EUR 38.2 million (1-3/2011: EUR 33.3 million), the Group continued to have the largest share of local sales with generics in the Belgian market. The share of generics amounted to 96% of STADA’s sales in Belgium (1-3/2011: 95%).
The sales achieved by STADA with branded products in Belgium decreased by 9% to EUR 1.7 million (1-3/2011: EUR 1.9 million). Branded products thereby contributed 4% to sales achieved by STADA in Belgium (1-3/2011: 5%).
For the financial year 2012, STADA calculates a renewed sales increase with operating profitability at about Group average in the Belgian market.
| 1) | For the treatment of hypercholesterolemia. |
| 1) | Sales below EUR 0.05 million were rounded to EUR 0.0 million. |