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Adcock profit under extreme pressure

Johannesburg - South African drugmaker Adcock Ingram Holdings [JSE:AIP] said quarterly profit was under "extreme pressure" as debt-laden consumers cut back on self-medication and the weaker rand pushed up costs of imported raw materials.

Shares in the nation's second-biggest drug maker fell 2.7% to R57.53 by 10:17 GMT on Wednesday, lagging a flat JSE All-share index.

Adcock has been at the centre of a takeover battle between South Africa's Bidvest and Chile's CFR Pharmaceuticals.

The winner, industrial conglomerate Bidvest, has since replaced Adcock's chairperson with Bidvest's CEO Brian Joffe to help return the company to profitability.

Adcock said it has started re-evaluating its process and structure.

It said it would pay more than R100m in costs related to the failed CFR bid.

Revenue in the quarter to end-February was largely flat, the company said, citing a "concerning" performance from its prescription and over-the-counter portfolio and weaker rand currency.

The company has the largest share of South Africa's market for over-the-counter drugs, most of which are not covered by medical insurance and therefore sensitive to a downturn in consumer spending.
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