Drug firm AstraZeneca Pharma India today said its net profit rose by 28.26% to Rs 28.32 crore for the quarter ended December 31, 2010 from the same quarter last fiscal.
The company had posted a net profit of Rs 22.08 crore in the same quarter previous fiscal, AstraZeneca said in a filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE).
The net income from operations of the company for the quarter ended December 31, 2010 rose to Rs 132.58 crore from Rs 116.27 crore for the same period previous fiscal.
Shares of AstraZeneca today closed at Rs 1,170.10 on the BSE, down 0.34% from its previous close.