Shandong Xinhua Pharmaceutical (HKG:0719, SHE:000756) obtained the drug registration certificate issued by China's National Medical Products Administration for its Empagliflozin tablets in 10 milligrams dosages, a Tuesday Hong Kong bourse filing said.
The drug is a sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT-2) inhibitor jointly developed by Boehringer Ingelheim and Eli Lilly. It is used for the treatment of type 2 diabetes in adult patients with symptomatic chronic heart failure.
It works by reducing glucose abortion by the kidneys and by promoting the direct excretion of glucose from the urine.