-- Samsung Biologics (KRX:207940) posted first-quarter net income attributable to shareholders of 469.2 billion won, up 42% from 331.3 billion won a year earlier, according to a Friday filing with the Korea Exchange.
The South Korean contract development and manufacturing company's sales jumped 26% year over year to 1.257 trillion won from 999.5 billion won.
Shares of Samsung Biologics rose nearly 1% at market close.