OREANDA-NEWS. On 15 May 2009 was announced, that JSC "Grindeks" financial report about the results of the first quarter of 2009, presented to „NASDAQ OMX Riga" shows that the Group of "Grindeks" has worked with the profit during the first three months of this year. Net profit in the accounting period amounted to 1.2 million lats, which is 64.7% less as compared to result of the first quarter of 2008. Turnover of the Group amounted to 14.1 million lats, which is by 2.9 million lats or 16.7% less than during the first three months of 2008.

Chairman of the Board of "Grindeks" Janis Romanovskis: "Despite the changing situation in the world markets, we are continuing to diversify our activities, broadening the presence in markets and investing resources to future development prudently, which contributes to operation with profit. The decrease of the increment rate in the quarterly point of view is illusory and does not reflect overall situation."

Sales volume in the main export markets - Russia and other CIS countries was 11.5 million lats in overall. In the first quarter of 2009 the results of sales in CIS countries, except Russia, are exceeding by 6.2% sales volume than during first quarter 2008. As earlier announced, in the beginning of 2008 OJSC "Pharmstandard" became an exclusive distributor of "Grindeks" original product Mildronate® in the Russia and has purchased from "Grindeks" considerable amount of products mainly to ensure safety stocks and to cope with the initial demand of the Russian pharmaceutical distribution network. It resulted in expansion of turnover increase in the corresponding accounting period of 2008.

Additionally, devaluation of local of currencies in Russia and some other CIS countries against the lats, witch took place at the end of 2008 and beginning 2009 had some influence of the sales dynamic of the final dosage medications in monetary terms in the first quarter of the 2009.

Positive measures of profit were also obtained by export of active pharmaceutical ingredients that reached 1.1 million lats in the first quarter of 2009.

Despite the market fluctuations Chairman of the Board of "Grindeks" Janis Romanovskis looks optimistically to the future and emphasizes - although growth of the business depends on exterior circumstances, the driving force to the success is ability to use our advantages brainy and timely.