GLUCOFORM

This brand name is authorized in Nigeria.

Active ingredients

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

1	Metformin UNII 786Z46389E - METFORMIN HYDROCHLORIDE
	Metformin is a biguanide with antihyperglycaemic effects, lowering both basal and postprandial plasma glucose. It does not stimulate insulin secretion and therefore does not produce hypoglycaemia.
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Packages

This drug has been approved in Nigeria as follows:

Identifier	Form	Presentation	Description	Approval
04-7120	Caplet	GLUCOFORM CAPLET TAB 500 mg 10X10	40 RNW-PP-272069 GLUCOFORM CAPLET METFORMIN HYDROCHLORIDE 500MG Metformin Hydrochloride 175.000kg, Corn Starch 37.242kg, Microcrystalline Cellulose 2.099kg, Polyvinyl Pyrollidone 2.170kg, Magnessium Stearate 0.490kg Apr-20 Drugs Nigerian Products 10X10 POM 1 6/23/2022 DRUGFIELD PHARMACEUTICALS LIMITED., LYNSON CHEMICAL AVENUE, KM 38 LAGOS-ABEOKUTA EXPRESSWAY, SANGO-OTA,OGUN STATE 8029055002 info@drugfieldpharma.com DRUGFIELD PHARMACEUTICALS LIMITED, 48, AKEJU STREET, PALMGROVE, SOMOLU, LAGOS STATE. P.O BOX 5831, IKEJA, LAGOS STATE., Nigeria	25/05/2023

Medicine classification

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

ATC Group		Classification
A10BA02	Metformin	A Alimentary tract and metabolism → A10 Drugs used in diabetes → A10B Blood glucose lowering drugs, excl. insulins → A10BA Biguanides
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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)
NG	Registered Drug Product Database	04-7120