Novartis announces Alcon Q3 net sales of $2.7 billion

Alcon’s earnings for the third quarter of 2014 included a 5% increase in net sales to $2.7 billion, with strong growth in surgical and moderate growth in vision care and ophthalmic pharmaceuticals, according to a press release from Novartis.An 8% increase in surgical growth was attributed primarily to strong sales for the Centurion phacoemulsification cataract platform and the LenSx femtosecond laser platform.

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