devro plc said tuesday that pretax profit fell for the first half of 2022 on higher costs and raised its dividend payout the collagen products manufacturer said pretax profit fell to 159 million pounds 195 million for the sixmonth period to the end of june compared with gbp184 million in the same period a year ago revenue rose to gbp1298 million up from gbp1199 million boosted by the initial benefits of pricing actions the company said devro expects to fully recover from inflationary pressures in the full year backed on strong pricing it said whilst we remain alert to global supply chain challenges and inflation the boards expectations for the full year are unchanged it said the board declared an interim dividend of 29 pence a share up from 28 pence last year shares at 0722 gmt were up 08 pence or 04 at 1880 pence