Multinational drug manufacturers trim production in Korea

Foreign drug makers reduced production in Korea as the nation's major players like GlaxoSmithKline, Roche Korea and Wyeth Korea left the country to find better sites for their plants abroad.

According to the Korea Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association recently, the combined drug output of 17 foreign drug manufactures last year was 1.11 trillion won, down 5.6 percent over the sam...