GLUCOBAY

This brand name is authorized in Austria, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Estonia, Spain, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Singapore, Turkey

Active ingredients

The drug GLUCOBAY contains one active pharmaceutical ingredient (API):

1 Acarbose
UNII T58MSI464G - ACARBOSE

Acarbose is an alpha-glucosidase inhibitors, used in the treatment of diabetes. Inhibitors of a-glucosidase retard the breakdown of carbohydrates in the food and reduce the increase in blood glucose levels, which occurs after each meal.

Read about Acarbose

Medication package inserts

Below package inserts are available for further reading:

Title Information Source Document Type  
GLUCOBAY 50mg Tablet Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (GB) MPI, EU: SmPC
GLUCOBAY 100mg Tablets Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (GB) MPI, EU: SmPC

Medicine classification

This drug has been classified in the anatomical therapeutic chemical (ATC) classification system as follows:

ATC code Group title Classification
A10BF01 Acarbose A Alimentary tract and metabolism → A10 Drugs used in diabetes → A10B Blood glucose lowering drugs, excl. insulins → A10BF Alpha glucosidase inhibitors
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Authorization and marketing

This drug has been assigned below unique identifiers within the countries it is being marketed:

Country Identification scheme Identifier(s)
Country: AU Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme Identifier(s): 8189B
Country: BR Câmara de Regulação do Mercado de Medicamentos Identifier(s): 538912050014213, 538912050014313
Country: CA Health Products and Food Branch Identifier(s): 02190885, 02190893
Country: EE Ravimiamet Identifier(s): 1734656
Country: ES Centro de información online de medicamentos de la AEMPS Identifier(s): 59419, 59420
Country: HK Department of Health Drug Office Identifier(s): 35869, 35870
Country: IT Agenzia del Farmaco Identifier(s): 026851016, 026851028, 045430016
Country: JP 医薬品医療機器総合機構 Identifier(s): 3969003F1026, 3969003F2022, 3969003F3037, 3969003F4033
Country: MX Comisión Federal para la Protección contra Riesgos Sanitarios Identifier(s): 458M93
Country: NL Z-Index G-Standaard, PRK Identifier(s): 31453
Country: PL Rejestru Produktów Leczniczych Identifier(s): 100027007, 100027013
Country: RO Agenția Națională a Medicamentului și a Dispozitivelor Medicale Identifier(s): W63882001, W63882002, W63883001, W63883002
Country: SG Health Sciences Authority Identifier(s): 07861P, 07862P
Country: TR İlaç ve Tıbbi Cihaz Kurumu Identifier(s): 8699546010417, 8699546011827, 8699546014750, 8699546014767, 8699546015702, 8699546015719

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