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Karsten Wellner, CEO at Ascendis Health, speaks to Business Day TV about the company’s first-half results. BUSINESS DAY TV: Ascendis Health has reported a 34% jump in first-half normalised headline earnings per share (HEPS) and lifted its dividend by 16%. In addition, the pharmaceuticals group has announced its latest pair of acquisitions. These include Cyprus-based NHP Natural Health Pharma Limited and Rumania Sunwave Pharma SRL, as well. Ascendis CEO Karsten Wellner joins us now in the News Leader studio. Karsten … so some investors are pretty worried that after all the gobbling you’re doing, you’re going to be suffering soon from a whole lot of indigestion. Are you taking on way too much too quickly? KARSTEN WELLNER: No I don’t think so. Last year in August we bought two big companies, one a pharmaceutical company based in Cyprus and the other one was a sports nutrition business based in Hungary, and we actually started integrating these businesses and the integration was a real ...
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