Carbutamide (brand name Glucidoral) is an anti-diabetic drug of the

sulfonylurea Sulfonylureas (UK: sulphonylurea) are a class of organic compounds used in medicine and agriculture, for example as antidiabetic drugs widely used in the management of diabetes mellitus type 2. They act by increasing insulin release from the beta ...

class, developed by

Servier Servier Laboratories (French: Laboratoires Servier, often abbreviated to Servier) is an international pharmaceutical company governed by a non-profit foundation, with its headquarters in France (Suresnes). The consolidated turnover for the 201 ...

. It is classified as first-generation. It was

patented A patent is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention for a limited period of time in exchange for publishing an enabling disclosure of the invention."A p ...

in 1953 and approved for medical use in 1956.

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Potassium channel blockers Benzenesulfonylureas Anilines {{gastrointestinal-drug-stub

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