The contract manufacturing organisation (CMO) achieved an operating income of $5.6m (€3.8m) on net sales of $57.5m, up 2.1 per cent, but expects a dip to occur in the fourth quarter.
Cambrex attributes this anticipated decline to volatility in the timing of orders and weakness in preclinical and clinical phase projects. Furthermore, price and volume pressures are squeezing Cambrex’s generic active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) business.