Walgreens quarterly profit plunges on opioid settlement

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Strong performance at Boots subsidiary helped group deliver better than expected figures before exceptional charges

A 24 per cent jump in same store sales at Boots helped its US owner, Walgreen Boots Alliance, deliver better than expected results. Photograph: iStockPharmacy chain Walgreens Boots Alliance posted a 76 per cent fall in quarterly profit on Thursday, partly due to its $683 million opioid settlement with the state of Florida.

Shares of the second-biggest US drugstore retailer by store count were down 2 per cent in premarket trading after the company maintained its full-year profit forecast. On Tuesday, it abandoned plans to sell Boots, citing lack of adequate third-party offers as well as ongoing strong performance in its UK business after putting the unit up for sale in January.

 

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