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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | Alimentary tract and metabolism | |
| 2 | A10 | Drugs used in diabetes | |
| 3 | A10B | Blood glucose lowering drugs, excl. insulins | |
| 4 | A10BH | Dipeptidyl peptidase 4 (DPP-4) inhibitors | |
| 5 | A10BH08 |
| Active Ingredient | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Teneligliptin |
Teneligliptin is a potent, selective, and long-lasting DPP-4 inhibitor. It acts as a competitive reversible inhibitor of DPP-4 and decreases the degradation of incretins, especially GLP-1, thereby improving hyperglycemia by stimulating insulin secretion and suppressing glucagon secretion in a glucose-dependent manner (no or negligible risk of hypoglycemia). |
Note the following: The list of brand names is continuously updated, and thus does not include the total of products circulating worldwide.
