Alexion Pharmaceutical Thursday reported 14% increase in revenue for the second quarter, riding on a 16% volume hike. The company, however, swung to a loss of $2.05 per share from a profit of $0.73 per share a year ago as operating expenses doubled due to certain charges related to the acquisition of Wilson Therapeutics. Excluding these charges, earnings improved 33% to $2.07 per share.
Revenue for the quarter stood at $1.05 billion. The results surpassed projections set by analysts.
“We have advanced our ALXN1210 programs with the goal of improving the standard of care for patients and have filed regulatory submissions for PNH in the U.S. and EU, and pending regulatory approval, plan to launch next year.” CEO Ludwig Hantson said in a statement.
During the quarter, sales of the company’s flagship Soliris drug, used in the treatment of rare blood-related diseases, increased 10% to $898.2 million. Volume improved 11% year-over-year.
Elated by the strong performance in the second quarter, the Connecticut-based company raised its revenue and income expectations for the full year. The company now expects non-GAAP earnings in the range of $7.00 to $7.15 per share on a total revenue of $3.98 billion to $4.01 billion for FY18.
Earlier, the company had projected non-GAAP earnings of $6.75 to $6.90 per share on revenue of $3.925 billion to $3.985 billion. Alexion stock gained over 2% in pre-market trading on Thursday.
Related: Alexion Q1 results (Click to enlarge image)
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