The World Health Organization's ATC classification organizes medical drugs based on therapeutic properties, chemical composition, and anatomy. It helps make essential medicines readily available globally and is widely used in the pharmaceutical industry.
Level | Code | Title | |
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1 | A | Alimentary tract and metabolism | |
2 | A10 | Drugs used in diabetes | |
3 | A10B | Blood glucose lowering drugs, excl. insulins | |
4 | A10BD | Combinations of oral blood glucose lowering drugs | |
5 | A10BD07 | Metformin and sitagliptin |
Active Ingredient | Description | |
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Metformin and Sitagliptin |
Combination of two antihyperglycaemic medicinal products with complementary mechanisms of action to improve glycaemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes: sitagliptin phosphate, a dipeptidyl peptidase 4 (DPP-4) inhibitor, and metformin hydrochloride, a member of the biguanide class. |
Title | Information Source | Document Type | |
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JANUMET Film-coated tablet | European Medicines Agency (EU) | MPI, EU: SmPC |
Note the following: The list of brand names is continuously updated, and thus does not include the total of products circulating worldwide.