Drug ads layout in 2002 hit snag

The number of drug ads layouts was greatly declined to 18 cases in December of 2002 from 33 cases in the same period of last year, according to a drug ads layout committee of the Korea Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association.

The number of drug ads layouts last year totaled 495 cases, up 23 percent (403 cases) a year earlier and their rejection rate also increased from 14.1 percent in 2001 ...