2001 output of finished drugs up 9.6 percent

The domestic output of finished drugs last year exceeding a 7-trillion won level marked a growth rate of 9.6 percent, an increase of 16 percentage points over the previous year (minus 6.4 percent), meaning that the brisk production activity is in the stable track, thanks to the ongoing system of separating drug dispensing from medical practice, as shown in the following table.

Accordin...