26 pharmaceutical firms enjoy 9% growth in 2006 sales

The combined sales of major 26 pharmaceutical drugmakers listed on the main stock bourse posted 4.6 trillion won last year, up 8.9 percent compared with 4.3 trillion won from a year earlier, Yakup Shinmoon said recently.

Amid depressed OTC demand and a slumping economy, sales by pharmaceutical firms have been annually gaining momentum from this year, thanks to their aggressive marketin...