ATC Group: A10AB06 Insulin glulisine

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.

Position of A10AB06 in the ATC hierarchy

Level Code Title
1 A Alimentary tract and metabolism
2 A10 Drugs used in diabetes
3 A10A Insulins and analogues
4 A10AB Insulins and analogues for injection, fast-acting
5 A10AB06 Insulin glulisine

Defined daily dose

The DDD is the assumed average maintenance dose per day for a drug used for its main indication in adults. The DDD is a unit of measurement and does not necessarily reflect the recommended or Prescribed Daily Dose. Therapeutic doses for individual patients and patient groups will often differ from the DDD as they will be based on individual characteristics (such as age, weight, ethnic differences, type and severity of disease) and pharmacokinetic considerations.

Route Amount
PAREN - Parenteral 40 [iU]

Active ingredients in A10AB06

Active Ingredient Description
Insulin glulisine

Insulin glulisine is a recombinant human insulin analogue that is equipotent to regular human insulin. Insulin glulisine has a more rapid onset of action and a shorter duration of action than regular human insulin.

Related product monographs

Title Information Source Document Type  
APIDRA Solution for injection European Medicines Agency (EU) MPI, EU: SmPC

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