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25 Apr 2012

EMA Recommends Authorisation of Forxiga for Type 2 Diabetes

The Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use has recommended the granting of a marketing authorisation for Forxiga, a novel treatment for type 2 diabetes mellitus.

The European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has recommended the granting of a marketing authorisation for Forxiga (dapagliflozin), a novel treatment for type 2 diabetes mellitus.

 

Forxiga (dapagliflozin), from Bristol-Myers Squibb / AstraZeneca EEIG, is the first diabetes treatment to work by inhibiting the sodium?glucose co?transporter 2 (SGLT2), a transporter protein in the kidneys that allows glucose to be reabsorbed into the bloodstream. Its mechanism of action allows improvement of glycaemic control in type 2 diabetes without increasing insulin secretion.

 

In clinical trials, Forxiga has shown to improve glycaemic control when given alone or in combination with various antidiabetics, with effects similar to those of glipizide and metformin. The effect of dap

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