Falling won affects drugmakers

The won's freefall against the dollar is taking a toll on the local pharmaceutical industry, which is suffering difficulties caused by the drastic decline in the local currency's value.

The combined turnover of 14 major pharmaceutical companies marked 4.24 trillion won last year, up 13.3 percent compared with 3.74 trillion won from a year earlier, but their net incomes recorded minus 10.5 p...