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Drug firm Pfizer today reported 33.11% rise in standalone net profit to Rs 69.59 crore for the second quarter ended September 30, 2013-14 fiscal.
It had posted net profit of Rs 52.28 crore for the July- September quarter of 2012-13 fiscal, Pfizer Ltd said in a filing to BSE.
Total income from operations of the company during Q2, 2013-14 rose to Rs 298.87 crore, from Rs 268.44 crore in the year-ago period, it added.
For the first half of the current financial year, the net profit of the company stood at Rs 117.22 crore as against Rs 381.16 crore for the same period year ago.
Pfizer Ltd scrip closed at Rs 1,175.15 on the BSE, up 1.25%.
