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Sat 11 Nov 2007Drug group's Irish firm in €460m profitThe main Irish holding company of US drug group Forest Laboratories Inc has reported annual pretax profits of $668.77 million (€460.51 million) in the year to March, twice its profit in the previous fiscal period.The profit made by Forest Laboratories Holdings - which has its registered office in Clonshaugh, Dublin - was almost as large as the $708.84 million pretax profit declared for the same period by its New York parent.