DEGUSSA COMBINES PHARMACEUTICAL INTERESTS
Degussa AG <DGSG.F> is combining its
foreign and domestic pharmaceutical activities into the
Frankfurt-based <Asta Pharma AG>, so as to promote its business
in that sector, the company said.
    Group consolidated turnover in Degussa's pharmaceuticals
sector rose to 380 mln marks in 1985/86 to September 30 from
377 mln marks in the preceding year, the company said.
    Turnover from all pharmaceutical interests, including
minority holdings, was 700 mln marks in 1985/86, somewhat
higher than in the preceding year. The company did not disclose
exact 1984/85 results in that sector, a spokesman said.
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