[Alpha Biz=(Chicago) Reporter Kim Jisun] The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety has launched an investigation into the cause of the report that other drugs are included in the hyperlipidemia treatment "Rosuvastatin" of Dongkuk Pharmaceutical, which is being commissioned by Daewon Pharmaceutical.

According to the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety on the 12th, a report was recently received that a digestive medicine product was found in the Rosuvastatin product box. There are two packages of Rosuvastatin, 15 pills each, one of which was for stomach medicine.

Rosuvastatin, a hyperlipidemia complex of Dongkuk Pharmaceutical, is a product commissioned by Daewon Pharmaceutical at Hyangnam Plant in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi-do.

Daewon Pharmaceutical Co. said it is conducting a full investigation into the manufacturing line that produced the product on the same day and Dongkuk Pharmaceutical Co. is recalling the product.

 

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