Multinational pharmaceutical firms occupy 35% market share

Over the years, Korean firms had to give up the home market to powerful global companies coming in with good medicine and better marketing strategies.

According to the IMS Korea, non-Korean firms' market share moderately rose from 22.2 percent in 2000 to almost 28 percent in 2008. Considering there are only about 30 multinational enterprises here, their presence is significant. The figure ha...