Listed pharmaceutical firms' sales up but profit down

The public notices of 25 pharmaceutical firms whose fiscal year corresponding with the calendar year disclosed that their sales were up but their profits down in the nine months of this year.

The 25 firms marked the combined sales of 3.88 trillion won for the period of January to September, an increase of 12.1 percent from a year earlier. However, their net profits amounted to 294.5 bil...