Alcon Reports 17.9% Increase in Sales.

Alcon Inc reported global sales of $1,735.2 million for the second quarter of 2008; a 17.9 percent increase compared with the corresponding period of the previous year. A Press Release dated July 23 informs: “Refractive revenue increased 215.5 percent due to revenues generated by the WaveLight Allegretto(R) refractive laser, partially offset by declines in procedure revenues from the installed base of LADARVISION(R) excimer lasers.“ More information from Alcon’s Press Release dated February July 23: … Second Quarter Sales Highlights Highlights of sales for the second quarter of 2008 are provided below. Unless otherwise noted, all comparisons are versus the second quarter of 2007. – International sales rose 28.9 percent to $947.3 million, or 15.4 percent excluding foreign exchange, with emerging markets sales increasing 29.5... [read full story]