Population Pharmacokinetic/Pharmacodynamic Analysis of the DPP-4 Inhibitor Linagliptin in Japanese Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

[Objectives] Linagliptin is a novel, highly selective and long acting DPP-4 inhibitor for the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Linagliptin exhibits non-linear pharmacokinetics (PK) due to saturable binding to plasma and tissue DPP-4. The aim of this study was to characterize the PK and...

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Main Authors: Yusuke Tadayasu, Akiko Sarashina, Yasuhiro Tsuda, Shinji Tatami, Christian Friedrich, Silke Retlich, Alexander Staab, Mikihisa Takano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Canadian Society for Pharmaceutical Sciences 2013-12-01
Series:Journal of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences
Online Access:https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/jpps/index.php/JPPS/article/view/20477