	novo industri ings fall despite increased sales danish based insulin and enzymes producer novo industri a s nvo co said pre tax ings fell almost pct in though sales rose by two pct the pre tax figure fell to mln crowns from mln in on sales increased from billion to billion giving net ings of mln crowns against mln in ings per crown share went from crowns to crowns but the company proposed an unchanged pct dividend foreign exchange fluctuations in were a very significant factor behind developments in the result before and after tax novo said in a statement not only the u s dollar but also other currencies essential to novo fell in in relation to the danish crown the statement added in november novo purchased pct of shares in a s ferrosan which heads a group specialising in research and development of cns central nervous treatment treatments and the sale of pharmaceuticals and vitamins in scandinavia the mln crowns paid in goodwill had a very limited effect on the result the novo statement said reuter 
