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
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A | Alimentary tract and metabolism | |
2
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A08 | Antiobesity preparations, excl. diet products | |
3
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A08A | Antiobesity preparations, excl. diet products | |
4
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A08AB | Peripherally acting antiobesity products |
| Code | Title | |
|---|---|---|
| A08AB01 | Orlistat |
| Active Ingredient |
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Orlistat is a potent, specific and long-acting inhibitor of gastrointestinal lipases. It exerts its therapeutic activity in the lumen of the stomach and small intestine by forming a covalent bond with the active serine site of the gastric and pancreatic lipases. The inactivated enzyme is thus unavailable to hydrolyse dietary fat, in the form of triglycerides, into absorbable free fatty acids and monoglycerides. |
| Document | Type | Information Source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| XENICAL Capsule | MPI, US: SPL/PLR | FDA, National Drug Code (US) | |
| XENICAL Hard capsule | MPI, EU: SmPC | European Medicines Agency (EU) |