Operator
Greetings, and welcome to the Alkermes Fourth Quarter 2020 Financial Results Conference call. My name is Rob and I ll be your operator for today s call. [Operator Instructions] Please note this conference is being recorded.
I ll now turn the call over to Sandra Coombs, Vice President of Investor Relations. Sandy, you may begin.
Sandy Coombs
Vice President of Investor Relations
Thank you. Good morning, welcome to the Alkermes PLC conference call to discuss our financial results and business update for the quarter and year ended December 31st, 2020. With me today are Richard Pops, our CEO; Iain Brown, our Chief Financial Officer; and Todd Nichols, our Chief Commercial Officer.
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DUBLIN, Feb. 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Alkermes plc (Nasdaq: ALKS) today reported financial results for the quarter and year ended Dec. 31, 2020 and provided financial expectations for 2021. 2020 was a demonstration of the resiliency of our organization, as we adapted our business to endure a pandemic that has proved to be one of the most disruptive events in our recent history. Despite the challenges posed by COVID-19, we achieved significant growth of net sales from our portfolio of proprietary commercial products, advanced our pipeline of neuroscience and oncology candidates, and announced a Value Enhancement Plan designed to drive growth and improve operational and financial performance, said Richard Pops, Chief Executive Officer of Alkermes. We are focused on value creation in 2021 as we seek to grow and diversify our commercial portfolio, demonstrate the value of our R&D investments, and manage the company for growth and long-term pr
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So the only way Scotland can legally leave the UK is if UK says we can have a referendum? Well, you’d better get on and prove the UK is a democracy then boys, and grant that S30, because holding Scotland prisoner certainly isn t legal either.
Ally Maciver
Oh well, we’d better just forget it and let them continue to plunder our country. Let’s be clear about this indeed. It is only his opinion. Not fact.
Peter Elliott Smith
The longer they deny the people of Scotland, the more the support for independence rises. They don’t know what Scots are like being told we can’t do something, especially by a bunch of chinless wonders in Westminster who don’t care a jot for the people.