Discard of asbestos-contaminated talc medicines to stir debate

So far, about 1,100 medication items produced by 120 companies have been recalled and discarded as originally planned, according to the Korea Food and Drug Administration.

Still, the pharmaceutical industry expects the order to have caused tens of billions of losses in the industry.

Drug makers claim the government is overreacting as it has yet to be proven what its effects on human healt...