Drugmakers, wholesalers suffer from 3 trillion won losses due to returned medicine in 2012

Returned medicine has been still a headache for drug makers and wholesalers as they posted a loss of 3.18 trillion won due to returned goods last year, a government report showed recently.

According to the report by the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA), the number of drugs supplied to hospitals and retail pharmacies was 25,196 (15,969 prescription drugs, 9,227 over-the-c...