FDA-Approved Diabetes Medicines

 

On this page, all insulins can be found, as well as diabetes drugs from 2002 to the present. 

All FDA-approved medicines used in the treatment of diabetes are either taken orally, injected, or inhaled, and can be found at Drugs@FDA

For Drug Labeling information, click on the hyperlinked brand name or go to DailyMed, The National Library of Medicine database of current drug information.

Brand Name	Generic Name	Approval Date
ACTOplus met	pioglitazone hydrochloride and metformin hydrochloride	August 2005
Apidra	insulin glulisine	February 2004
Avandamet	rosiglitazone maleate and metformin HCl)	October 2002
Bydureon	exenatide synthetic	January 2012
Byetta	exenatide	April 2005
Duetact	pioglitazone hydrochloride and glimepiride	January 2013
Humalog	insulin lispro	June 1996
Humalog 50/50	50% insulin lispro protamine and 50% insulin lispro	June 1996
Humalog 75/25	75% insulin lispro protamine and 25% insulin lispro	December 1999
Humulin N	NPH (N)	October 1982
Humulin 70/30	70% NPH and 30% regular	April 1989
Humulin R 100U	regular (R) Insulin	October 1982
Humulin R 500U	regular (R) Insulin (5 times concentration)	October 1982
Janumet	sitagliptin/metformin HCl	March 2007
Janumet XR	sitagliptin and metformin HCl extended-release	February 2012
Januvia	sitagliptin phosphate	October 2006
Jentadueto	linagliptin plus metformin hydrochloride	February 2012
Juvisync	sitagliptin and simvastatin	October 2011
Kombiglyze XR	saxagliptin/metformin hydrochloride extended-release	November 2010
Lantus	insulin glargine	April 2000
Levemir	insulin detemir	June 2005
Lucentis	ranibizumab	August 2012
Metaglip	glipizide/metformin HCl	October 2002
Novolin N	NPH (N)	July 1991
Novolin R	regular (R)	June 1991
Novolin 70/30	70% NPH and 30% regular	June 1991
Novolog	Insulin aspart	November 2001
Novolog 70/30	70% insulin aspart protamine and 30% insulin aspart	November 2001
Onglyza	saxagliptin	July 2009
PrandiMet	repaglinide/metformin hydrochloride	June 2008
Symlin	pramlintide	March 2005
Tradjenta	linagliptin	May 2011
Victoza	liraglutide	January 2010
Welchol	colesevelam hydrochloride	January 2008