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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | Alimentary tract and metabolism | |
| 2 | A10 | Drugs used in diabetes | |
| 3 | A10B | Blood glucose lowering drugs, excl. insulins | |
| 4 | A10BK | Sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors | |
| 5 | A10BK04 |
| Active Ingredient | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Ertugliflozin |
Ertugliflozin helps to lower blood glucose by making the patient pass out glucose in the urine. It does this by blocking a protein in the kidneys (called SGLT2) that normally takes glucose back into the blood from the kidneys. |
| Title | Information Source | Document Type | |
|---|---|---|---|
| STEGLATRO 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.
