Metformin and Canagliflozin

Active ingredient description

Combination of two oral glucose-lowering medicinal products with different and complementary mechanisms of action to improve glycaemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes: canagliflozin, an inhibitor of SGLT2 transporter, and metformin hydrochloride, a member of the biguanide class.

Medicine classification

This medicinal substance has been classified in the anatomical therapeutic chemical (ATC) classification according to its main therapeutic use as follows:

ATC code Group title Classification
A10BD16 Metformin and canagliflozin A Alimentary tract and metabolism → A10 Drugs used in diabetes → A10B Blood glucose lowering drugs, excl. insulins → A10BD Combinations of oral blood glucose lowering drugs
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Product monographs

Competent medicine agencies globally have authorized commercialization of this active ingredient according to these medication package inserts (MPIs):

Title Information Source Document Type  
VOKANAMET Film-coated tablet European Medicines Agency (EU) MPI, EU: SmPC

External identifiers

RxNorm Ingredient: 1545149

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