Last checked at 
(Sharecast News) - Healthcare group Alliance Pharma said on Tuesday that first-half revenues had been impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic, principally in its prescription medicines business.
Alliance said see-through revenues for the first half came to £65.3m, a 7% decrease year-on-year, but noted that based on year-to-date trading, it expects revenue and underlying profit before tax for the full year to be in line with market expectations.
The AIM-listed group's consumer healthcare-focused unit proved "resilient" in the first half, generating sales of £30.0m, but noted that demand for its prescription driven products was lower due to the delays in routine treatments as healthcare professionals focused on maintaining hospital capacity to treat patients with Covid-19.
Alliance also said it experienced only minimal disruption to its supply chain due to Covid-19 and expects to witness further recovery in trading during the second half of the year.
Chief executive Peter Butterfield said: "We expected some reduction in demand during the first half of 2020 as a result of Covid-19. That said, we have come through strongly towards the end of the half and expect trading to recover further as we move into the second half of the year.
"The resilience and diversity of our product portfolio, and the ease with which we have managed to transition the business to operating remotely, position us very well to resume our growth trajectory as the markets for our products recover."
As of 1000 BST, Alliance shares were down 0.39% at 76p.
15 Mar 2022 15:52
UK earnings, trading statements calendar - next 7 days
| Wednesday 16 March | |
| 4imprint Group PLC | Full Year Results |
| Advanced Medical Solutions Group PLC | Full Year Results |
| Centamin PLC | Full Year Results |
| Centaur Media PLC | Full Year Results |
| CLS Holdings PLC | Full Year Results |
| Computacenter PLC | Full Year Results |
| Eagle Eye Solutions Group PLC | Half Year Results |
| Fevertree Drinks PLC | Full Year Results |
| Gelion PLC | Half Year Results |
| Gym Group PLC | Full Year Results |
| LSL Property Services PLC | Full Year Results |
| PensionBee Group PLC | Full Year Results |
| Pharos Energy PLC | Full Year Results |
| Restaurant Group PLC | Full Year Results |
| Restore PLC | Full Year Results |
| RPS Group PLC | Full Year Results |
| Science Group PLC | Full Year Results |
| Thursday 17 March | |
| Ceres Power Holdings PLC | Full Year Results |
| Cineworld Group PLC | Full Year Results |
| Deliveroo PLC | Full Year Results |
| Emis Group PLC | Full Year Results |
| Empresaria Group PLC | Full Year Results |
| FDM Group PLC | Full Year Results |
| Gem Diamonds Ltd | Full Year Results |
| Harbour Energy PLC | Full Year Results |
| Helios Towers PLC | Full Year Results |
| Marshalls PLC | Full Year Results |
| Mpac Group PLC | Full Year Results |
| Ocado Group PLC | Q1 Results |
| PensionBee Group PLC | Full Year Results |
| Trainline PLC | Trading Statement |
| TransGlobe Energy Corp | Full Year Results |
| Tribal Group PLC | Full Year Results |
| Wickes Group PLC | Full Year Results |
| Friday 18 March | |
| ContourGlobal PLC | Full Year Results |
| Essentra PLC | Full Year Results |
| Eurocell PLC | Full Year Results |
| Investec PLC | Trading Statement |
| J D Wetherspoon PLC | Half Year Results |
| S4 Capital PLC | Full Year Results |
| Monday 21 March | |
| Photo-Me International PLC | Full Year Results |
| Spectral MD Holdings Ltd | Full Year Results |
| Sthree PLC | Trading Statement |
| Tuesday 22 March | |
| Alliance Pharma PLC | Full Year Results |
| BioPharma Credit PLC | Full Year Results |
| Circassia Group PLC | Full Year Results |
| Diaceutics PLC | Full Year Results |
| Diurnal Group PLC | Full Year Results |
| IQGeo Group PLC | Full Year Results |
| Longboat Energy PLC | Full Year Results |
| Luceco PLC | Full Year Results |
| MaxCyte Inc | Full Year Results |
| MP Evans Group PLC | Full Year Results |
| Oxford Nanopore Technologies PLC | Full Year Results |
| Pebble Group PLC | Full Year Results |
| Real Estate Investors PLC | Full Year Results |
| Sabre Insurance Group PLC | Full Year Results |
| ScS Group PLC | Half Year Results |
| Softcat PLC | Half Year Results |
| Staffline Group PLC | Full Year Results |
| Trustpilot Group PLC | Full Year Results |
| YouGov PLC | Half Year Results |
| Zotefoams PLC | Full Year Results |
| Copyright 2022 Alliance News Limited. All Rights Reserved. | |
