mumbai procter gamble hygiene and health care pghh has reported a 29 drop in net profit to rs 154 crore in the first quarter ended september 30 2022 as compared to rs 218 crore in the corresponding period last year the company said this is due to topline impact and significant effect of commodity cost inflationin a challenging cost and operating environment the company said it delivered sales of rs 1045 crore down 1 from the yearago period due to postcovid normalization of demand the company said it continues to maintain market share leadership across both feminine hygiene and healthcare categoriesin a statement lv vaidyanathan managing director procter gamble hygiene and health care said in a challenging macroeconomic environment we delivered resilient results in the quarter by focusing on our integrated growth strategies we believe they remain the right strategies to navigate through the nearterm challenges and help us deliver in line with our aim to drive balanced growth