ATC AAlimentary tract and metabolismWHO

Digestion, stomach, diabetesand nutrition

222 medicines · 118 active substances · from the European Medicines Agency — Medicines output: medicines report

Counted from the register

The group in figures

  • 222products listed in the register
  • 0%without prescription (0)
  • 37combination products — more than one substance

What the group contains

Anatomical main group A of the WHO ATC classification: “Alimentary tract and metabolism”. US records carry no ATC code: a product is here because the FDA pharmacologic class on its record maps to this group — not because of any judgement about who it is for.

94 marketing authorisation holders

  • A10 127
  • A16 55
  • A05 10
  • A04 8
  • A02 6
  • A08 6

ATC subgroups by code; their names are at the WHO index.

Source: European Medicines Agency — Medicines output: medicines report, 2026-09-30. Counts computed by Mediclarum from that file.

The most common
substances

METFORMIN14 products · 9 alonePIOGLITAZONE14 products · 12 aloneSITAGLIPTIN12 products · 9 alone2300

and how often
they are combined

Numbers in the overlaps are products in the register that contain both substances (the centre: all three). Being sold together is not a statement that the substances are interchangeable, or that they should be combined.

Active substances in this group

Commonest first, by number of products in the register. Select one to see every product that contains it.

  1. 01Pioglitazone10 productsprescription only
  2. 02Insulin human (rDNA)8 productsprescription only
  3. 03Insulin aspart7 productsprescription only
  4. 04Insulin glargine6 productsprescription only
  5. 05Insulin lispro6 productsprescription only
  6. 06Repaglinide6 productsprescription only
  7. 07Miglustat5 productsprescription only
  8. 08Pantoprazole5 productsprescription only
  9. 09Sitagliptin5 productsprescription only
  10. 10Liraglutide4 productsprescription only
  11. 11Semaglutide4 productsprescription only
  12. 12Dapagliflozin3 productsprescription only
  13. 13Insulin human3 productsprescription only
  14. 14Nitisinone3 productsprescription only
  15. 15Palonosetron3 productsprescription only
  16. 16Rosiglitazone3 productsprescription only
  17. 17Sitagliptin;metformin3 productsprescription only
  18. 18Sitagliptin;metformin hydrochloride3 productsprescription only
  19. 19Vildagliptin3 productsprescription only
  20. 20Vildagliptin;metformin3 productsprescription only
  21. 21Betaine anhydrous2 productsprescription only
  22. 22Budesonide2 productsprescription only
  23. 23Carglumic acid2 productsprescription only
  24. 24Cholic acid2 productsprescription only
  25. 25Dapagliflozin;metformin2 productsprescription only
  26. 26Exenatide2 productsprescription only
  27. 27Nateglinide2 productsprescription only
  28. 28Odevixibat2 productsprescription only
  29. 29Orlistat2 productsprescription only
  30. 30Pioglitazone;metformin2 productsprescription only
  31. 31Rimonabant2 productsprescription only
  32. 32Sapropterin2 productsprescription only
  33. 33Sodium phenylbutyrate2 productsprescription only
  34. 34Teduglutide2 productsprescription only
  35. 35Agalsidase alfa1 productprescription only
  36. 36Agalsidase beta1 productprescription only
  37. 37Albiglutide1 productprescription only
  38. 38Alglucosidase alfa1 productprescription only
  39. 39Alogliptin benzoate1 productprescription only
  40. 40Alogliptin;metformin1 productprescription only
  41. 41Alogliptin;pioglitazone1 productprescription only
  42. 42Aprepitant1 productprescription only
  43. 43Asfotase alfa1 productprescription only
  44. 44Avalglucosidase alfa1 productprescription only
  45. 45Canagliflozin1 productprescription only
  46. 46Canagliflozin;metformin1 productprescription only
  47. 47Cerliponase alfa1 productprescription only
  48. 48Chenodeoxycholic acid1 productprescription only

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How this group is made

Each product is placed by the ATC code in its national register record (Bulgaria) or by the pharmacologic class the FDA assigned it (United States). Products without either are in no group rather than in a plausible one.

A group is not a diagnosis. Medicines are grouped by the class the regulator gave them. Which one suits you depends on things this page cannot know — ask a pharmacist or doctor.