US FDA approves once-daily XIGDUO™ XR tablets for adults with type 2 diabetes
First US approval for once-daily tablet combining SGLT2 inhibitor and metformin HCl extended-releaseAstraZeneca today announced that the US Food and Drug Administration has approved once-daily XIGDUO™ XR (dapagliflozin and metformin hydrochloride extended-release) for the treatment of adults with type 2 diabetes. XIGDUO XR combines two anti-hyperglycaemic agents with complementary mechanisms of action, dapagliflozin (trade name in the US, FARXIGATM), an inhibitor of sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2), and metformin hydrochloride (HCl) extended-release, a biguanide, in a once-daily
