J B Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals, a Rs.670 crore pharma company, has achieved impressive performance during the second quarter ended September 2010. Its net profit went up sharply by 42.4 per cent to Rs.44.61 crore from Rs.31.33 crore in the similar period of last year. Its net sales moved up by 36.3 per cent to Rs.233.14 crore from Rs.171.09 crore. With improvements in profits, its earnings per share improved to Rs.5.29 from Rs.3.71 in the last period.

For the first half ended September 2010, J B Chemicals net profit climbed by 46.9 per cent to Rs.65.31 crore from Rs.44.46 crore and its net sales increased by 28 per cent to Rs.392.01 crore from Rs.306.28 crore.

The company achieved net sales of Rs.670.06 crore during full year ended March 2010 and earned a net profit of Rs.101 crore with EPS of Rs 11.98.