"Cholesterol Medication Mixed with Stomach Medicine"... MFDS Begins Investigation into Cause

Daewon Pharmaceutical, which is contract manufacturing Dongkook Pharmaceutical's hyperlipidemia treatment drug 'Rosutanjet Tablets,' has received a report that another drug was found inside the packaging, prompting the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety to launch an investigation into the cause.

According to the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety on the 12th, a recent report was received stating that a gastrointestinal medicine product was found inside the box of Rosutanjet Tablets. The Rosutanjet Tablets packaging contains two packs of 15 tablets each, and one of them was the gastrointestinal medicine.

Rosutanjet Tablets, a hyperlipidemia combination drug from Dongkook Pharmaceutical, is contract manufactured by Daewon Pharmaceutical at its Hwaseong Hyangnam plant in Gyeonggi Province.

Daewon Pharmaceutical stated that it is currently conducting a full investigation of the production line that manufactured the product on the day in question, and Dongkook Pharmaceutical is in the process of recalling the product.

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