First-half profits at French in vitro diagnostics group bioMerieux were down 3.1% to 53.4 million euros ($74.0 million), which the firm attributed to the extra earnings of 7.8 million euros that it recorded in the comparable period last year (Marketletter June 5, 2006).
On a more positive note, sales inched up 0.3% to 518.1 million euros, which led the firm forecast growth of between 6% and 7% for the year.
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