(This story has been corrected to fix the spelling of the company name in the headline, and to add a dropped word ‘to,’ in paragraph 3)
MADRID (Reuters) -Grifols’s net profit almost tripled from a year earlier, which the Spanish drugmaker said reinforced its confidence in meeting its full-year guidance.
Reported group profit grew by 179% in the first three months of the year to 60 million euros ($66.41 million) while adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) grew 14.2% to 400 million euros, Grifols said in a statement on Monday.
Net revenue rose 7.4% to 1.79 billion euros in the first quarter thanks to a strong performance from its plasma-derived medicine business.
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(Reporting by Charlie Devereux; editing by Inti Landauro)
