FDC, a Rs 575 crore plus Mumbai based pharma company, has posted better growth rate during the third quarter ended December 2009. Its net profit has taken quantum jump of 104 per cent to Rs 30.74 crore from Rs 15.09 crore in the corresponding period of last year. Its net sales moved up by 23.8 per cent to Rs 158.38 crore from Rs 127.92 crore. With smart improvement in profits, its earning per share improved to Rs 1.65 from Rs 0.79 in the last period.

For the nine months period ended December 2009, FDC's net sales increased by 13.6 per cent to Rs 505.36 crore from Rs 443.08 crore in the similar period of last year. Its net profit moved up by 51.9 per cent to Rs 115.53 crore from Rs 76.04. Its EBDITA moved up by 51 per cent to Rs 157.60 crore from Rs 104.32 crore.