Dapagliflozin (Farxiga) for Type 2 Diabetes
Dapagliflozin (Farxiga) for Type 2 Diabetes
February 17, 2014 (Issue: 1436)
Dapagliflozin (dap" a gli fl oe' zin; Farxiga – Bristol-Myers
Squibb/AstraZeneca), an SGLT2 (sodium-glucose co-transporter
2) inhibitor, has been approved by the FDA
for oral treatment of type 2 diabetes. Dapagliflozin is the
second SGLT2...more
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