Krka provided earnings guidance for 2019. The company announced that it plans to make a EUR 172 million ($191 million) net profit for 2019, a touch lower than the 2018 net profit of EUR 174 million announced earlier. The company also forecasts sales of EUR 1.375 billion in 2019.
Krka dd Novo Mesto is a Slovenia-based company engaged in the production of pharmaceutical preparations. The Company operates through four segments: Prescription Pharmaceuticals that includes medicines for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases, alimentary tract and metabolism and drugs for diseases of the central nervous system, among others; Non-prescription Products, providing vitamins and minerals, cough and cold products, analgesics, sore throat products, among others; Animal Health Products, which offers general anti-infectives and antiparasitics for animals; Health Resort and Tourist Services consisting of Spa resorts in Smarjeske Toplice, Dolenjske Toplice, Strunjan, Novo Mesto and Otocec. Krka dd Novo Mesto is a controlling company of the Krka Group that includes two subsidiaries in Slovenia, Terme Krka doo and Farma GRS doo, and over 20 subsidiaries abroad in such countries as Croatia, Germany, Sweden, Poland, Spain, United States, Ireland, among others.