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Placebo to Linagliptin — Competitive Intelligence Brief

Placebo to Linagliptin (Placebo to Linagliptin) competitive landscape: 6 comparators, recent regulatory actions, upcoming PDUFA, patent timeline. Class: DPP-4 inhibitor. Area: Diabetes.

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Target snapshot

Placebo to Linagliptin (Placebo to Linagliptin) — LG Life Sciences. Linagliptin is a dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitor, which increases the levels of incretin hormones, thereby enhancing glucose-dependent insulin secretion.

Comparator set (6 drugs)

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DrugGenericSponsorPhaseClassTargetApproval / PDUFA
Placebo to Linagliptin TARGET Placebo to Linagliptin LG Life Sciences phase 3 DPP-4 inhibitor DPP-4
Anagliptin BID Treatment Anagliptin BID Treatment JW Pharmaceutical marketed DPP-4 inhibitor Dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4)
alogliptin + pioglitazone alogliptin + pioglitazone Kun-Ho Yoon marketed DPP-4 inhibitor + thiazolidinedione DPP-4 and PPAR-γ
SGLT2i+Metformin+Cofrogliptin SGLT2i+Metformin+Cofrogliptin Huazhong University of Science and Technology marketed SGLT2 inhibitor + Biguanide + DPP-4 inhibitor (fixed-dose combination) SGLT2, mitochondrial complex I, DPP-4
Dapagliflozin/Sitagliptin Dapagliflozin/Sitagliptin Boryung Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd marketed SGLT2 inhibitor / DPP-4 inhibitor combination SGLT2 (sodium-glucose cotransporter 2) and DPP-4 (dipeptidyl peptidase-4)
MET + Vildagliptin Group MET + Vildagliptin Group Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre marketed Combination antidiabetic agent (biguanide + DPP-4 inhibitor) Metformin: mitochondrial glycerophosphate dehydrogenase; Vildagliptin: DPP-4 (dipeptidyl peptidase-4)
exenatide and sitagliptin exenatide and sitagliptin AstraZeneca marketed GLP-1 receptor agonist and DPP-4 inhibitor combination GLP-1 receptor (exenatide); DPP-4 (sitagliptin)

Recent regulatory actions (last 90 days)

No regulatory actions in the last 90 days for this set.

Upcoming PDUFA dates (next 180 days)

No PDUFA dates in the next 180 days for this set.

Patent timeline (forward window)

No upcoming patent expiries for this set.

Sponsor landscape (DPP-4 inhibitor class)

  1. Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC · 5 drugs in this class
  2. Daewoong Pharmaceutical Co. LTD. · 4 drugs in this class
  3. AstraZeneca · 4 drugs in this class
  4. LG Life Sciences · 2 drugs in this class
  5. Tanabe Pharma Corporation · 2 drugs in this class
  6. Ain Shams University · 2 drugs in this class
  7. Ono Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd · 2 drugs in this class
  8. Cinnagen · 1 drug in this class
  9. GRADE Study Group · 1 drug in this class
  10. CSPC ZhongQi Pharmaceutical Technology Co., Ltd. · 1 drug in this class

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Drug Landscape (2026). Placebo to Linagliptin — Competitive Intelligence Brief. https://druglandscape.com/ci/placebo-to-linagliptin. Accessed 2026-05-16.

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