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Sat 04 Apr 2007Drug firm Alltracel hails 'watershed' profitAlltracel, the Dublin-based pharmaceutical company specialising in wound care, made its first profit last year, an achievement its chief executive described as a "watershed". Claire Shoesmithreports.The company, which is listed on London's Alternative Investment Market, reported earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation and amortisation of €2.1 million last year, compared with a loss for such figures of €1.1 million in 2005.