Dapagliflozin (trade name Farxiga in the U.S. and Forxiga in the EU and Russia) is a drug of the gliflozin class, developed by Bristol-Myers Squibb in partnership with AstraZeneca. Farxiga is a sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitor indicated as an adjunct to diet and exercise to improve glycemic control in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Remogliflozin is the active component of the pro-drug remogliflozin etabonate, which is used the treatment of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis ("NASH") and type 2 diabetes. Remogliflozin inhibits the sodium-glucose transport proteins (SGLT), is selective for SGLT2, which is responsible for glucose reabsorption in the kidney. Blocking this transporter causes blood glucose to be eliminated through the urine.

Ipragliflozin L-proline is a sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitor. It was developed and marketed as Suglat® by Astellas cooperating with Kotobuki Pharmaceutical and Merck Sharp & Dohme, and approved by Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency of Japan (PMDA) on Jan 17, 2014. It is indicated for the treatment of type 2 diabetes.

Tofogliflozin is a SGLT2 selective inhibitor which was developed by Chugai Pharmaceutical for the treatment of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. The drug was approved in Japan in 2013 and it is being marketed under the names Apleway and Debereza.

The flavonoid phlorizin was isolated from the bark of apple trees and shown to cause glucosuria. Phlorizin is an inhibitor of sodium glucose cotransporters (SGLT1 and SGLT2). With phlorizin as lead compound, specific inhibitors of SGLT2 were developed in the last decade and some of them have been approved for treatment mainly of type 2 diabetes. Inhibition of SGLT2 eliminates excess glucose via the urine. In recent times, the dual SGLT1/SGLT2 inhibitory activity of phlorizin has served as a model for the development and testing of new drugs exhibiting both activities.