Boehringer Bids To Go Beyond Slowing IPF

Promising Phase II Data In Lung Disease With High Mortality

The family-owned German group is the market leader in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis with Ofev but the big-selling drug has significant side effects and only slows, but does not stop, the progression of the disease. It is hoping that the Phase III-ready compound BI 1015550 will offer a significant improvement.

Boehringer Ingelheim headquarters in Ingelheim, Germany
• Source: Boehringer Ingelheim (dieth+schröder-fotografie)

Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH markets one of the two drugs approved for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) in Ofev but has high hopes that its new treatment could actually stop the lung-scarring disease rather than just slowing it down.

The German group has unveiled positive Phase II data at the American Thoracic Society meeting in San Francisco on BI...

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