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The author deals with a degenerate quasilinear parabolic system which arised as a mathematical model in pharmaceutical industry. \[ c_ t+[j(c,\sigma)]_ x=0, \;\Omega\times(0,\infty), \leqno (1) \] \[ \sigma_ t-\varphi(c)c_ t=\rho(c)c-\beta(c)\sigma, \;\Omega\times (0,\infty), \leqno (2) \] \[ \text{Boundary condition on } \partial\Omega\times(0,\infty), \leqno (3) \] \[ c(x,0)=c_ 0, \;\sigma(x,0)=\sigma_ 0, \quad x\in\Omega, \leqno (4) \] where \(\Omega\) is a bounded open interval of \(\mathbb{R}\), \(j(c,\sigma)=-D(c)c_ x- E(c)\sigma_ x+M(c,\sigma)c\) and \(D(c)\) is strictly positive definite. This problem has been dealt with by \textit{D. S. Cohen} [e.g.: with \textit{A. B. White} jun., SIAM J. Appl. Math. 51, No. 2, 472-483 (1991; Zbl 0718.76095); with \textit{T. Erneux}, ibid. 48, No. 6, 1451-1465 (1988; Zbl 0704.35141)] and \textit{R. W. Cox} [e.g.: SIAM J. Appl. Math. 50, No. 5, 1284-1299 (1990; Zbl 0732.35040)] by the aid of numerical and asymptotic methods. In a previous work, the author proved rigorously global existence of solution and well-posedness under a certain condition [\textit{H. Amann}, Japan J. Ind. Appl. Math. 8, No. 1, 134-151 (1991; Zbl 0735.35081)]. In this paper, the author treats this problem in an abstract formulation (operator theoretic method), \((d/dt)u_ 1+A_ 1(u)u_ 1+A_ 2(u)u_ 2=f_ 1(u), \;(d/dt)u_ 2=f_ 2(u),\) and establishes an existence theory to this ``degenerate'' parabolic system. This enables to deal with the original equation (1)--(4) in more general situations and generalizes the author's previous result.