GLUFORMIN

This brand name is authorized in Nigeria. It is also authorized in Croatia, Hong Kong SAR China.

Active ingredients

The drug GLUFORMIN 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
04-6426	Tablet	GLUFORMIN TABLET TAB 500 mg 10 X 10	6 RNW-PP-301726 GLUFORMIN TABLET METFORMIN HYDROCHLORIDE 500MG METFORMIN HYDROCHLORIDE 500MG, EXCIPIENTS QS Apr-26 Drugs ALIMENTARY TRACT AND METABOLISM Nigerian Products 1010 POM 1 12/7/2022 SYGEN PHARMACEUTICALS LIMITED, LAGOS ABEOKUTA EXPRESSWAY, OTA, OGUN STATE. OTA OGUN 7061286967 oluwatoyin.agbesuyi@sygenpharma.com SYGEN PHARMACEUTICALS LIMITED, KM 38, LAGOS-ABEOKUTA EXPRESSWAY, OTTA, OGUN STATE, Nigeria	06/07/2023

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)
HK	Department of Health Drug Office	48084
HR	Agencija za lijekove i medicinske proizvode	HR-H-478749307, HR-H-802195557
NG	Registered Drug Product Database	04-6426