Insulin and other injectables classification

1) Conventional Preparations

a) Short acting

Regular Insulin

Prompt Insulin Zinc suspension/ Semilente

b) Intermediate acting

Neutral Protamine Hagedorn (NPH)/ Isophane

Insulin Zinc suspension/ Lente

c) Long acting Protamine Zinc Insulin (PZI)

Extended Insulin Zinc suspension/ Ultralente

2) Insulin Analogues

a) Ultra short acting

Aspart

Lispro (short acting)

Glulisine

b) Long acting: peakless insulin

Glargine

Detemir

Degludec

3) Insulin types according to source

a) Bovine/Porcine Insulins

b) Highly Purified Bovine/Porcine Insulins

Monocomponent Insulins

b) Human Insulin

i) By enzymatic modification of Porcine insulin

ii) Produced from recombinant DNA technology

Precursor yeast recombinant (pyr)

Proinsulin recombinant bacteria (prb)

4) Other injectables 

a) GLP-1 agonist

Exenatide

Liraglutide

Albiglutide

Dulaglutide

Lixisenatide

b) Amylin analogue

Pramlintide