Listed firms' sales up 12 percent in 2002

The 22 pharmaceutical listed firms Green Cross, Chong Kun Dang, Chong Kun Dang Bio, LG Lifescience are excluded whose fiscal year corresponds with the calendar year showed that their sales and operating profits in 2002 were down compared with those in 2001 due to fierce competition in the domestic market, according to statistics compiled by Yakup Shinmoon.

- Their combined sales of 2.8 tril...