SANTA MONICA, Calif. —GoodRx and Boehringer Ingelheim today announced a new joint effort to increase access to patient savings programs on the GoodRx platform. Patients with type 2 diabetes or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) can now easily enroll in manufacturer-sponsored copay programs for Boehringer Ingelheim’s leading portfolio of medications to help reduce their out-of-pocket
RIDGEFIELD, Conn. — Boehringer Ingelheim announced that Praxbind (idarucizumab), a specific reversal agent for Pradaxa (dabigatran etexilate mesylate), is now stocked in 3,200 hospitals in all 50 states. This represents a significant increase in the availability of Praxbind since March 2016, when it was stocked in 2,200 institutions. Healthcare providers and patients can quickly search
RIDGEFIELD, Conn. and INDIANAPOLIS — Boehringer Ingelheim and Eli Lilly and Co. yesterday announced an academic collaboration with the University of Oxford to investigate the effects of Jardiance on the progression of kidney disease and the occurrence of cardiovascular death, in adults with established chronic kidney disease with and without diabetes. EMPA-KIDNEY will be independently conducted, analyzed and reported by the Medical
RIDGEFIELD, Conn.– Boehringer Ingelheim announced that its U.S. president and chief executive officer Paul Fonteyne will retire and Wolfgang Baiker has been appointed to succeed him, effective March 1. The position will be based at the pharmaceutical company’s U.S. headquarters in Ridgefield. “I am thrilled to return to the U.S. to lead this organization and
RIDGEFIELD, Conn., and INDIANAPOLIS — Jardiance tablets, marketed by Boehringer Ingelheim and Eli Lilly and Co., have been approved by the Food and Drug Administration to cut the risk of cardiovascular death in adults with type 2 diabetes and established cardiovascular disease. BI and Lilly said the FDA clearance makes Jardiance (empagliflozin) the first type
PARIS — Sanofi has appointed former Bayer executive Alan Main as executive vice president of its newly formed Consumer HealthCare global business unit. Sanofi said Friday that Main, who also joins its executive committee, will be responsible for building and maintaining the company’s position in the consumer health care market, including the expected integration of
RIDGEFIELD, Conn. — Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc. has released Spiriva Respimat, an asthma treatment, to U.S. pharmacies. BI noted that Spiriva Respimat isn’t a medication for sudden asthma symptoms. The Food and Drug Administration approved a once-daily dose of Spiriva Respimat 2.5 µg (delivered in two puffs of 1.25 µg each) for the long-term maintenance
NEW YORK — Sanofi and Boehringer Ingelheim are in talks to swap their animal health and consumer health care businesses, respectively. The companies said Tuesday that the proposed transaction would involve an exchange of Sanofi’s Merial animal health business (“Merial”), valued at €11.4 billion ($12.45 billion U.S.), and Boehringer Ingelheim’s consumer health care business,valued at €6.7 billion ($7.32 billion U.S.).
RIDGEFIELD, Conn., and INDIANAPOLIS — Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Eli Lilly and Co. have received approval from the Food and Drug Administration for Synjardy tablets, a medication for type 2 diabetes. The companies said Thursday that Synjardy (empagliflozin and metformin hydrochloride) marks their third product containing empagliflozin to be approved by the FDA, following
LONDON — Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC, a fast growing multinational pharmaceutical group, plans to acquire Roxane Laboratories from Boehringer Ingelheim in a deal valued at $2.65 billion. Hikma said the agreement stands to transform its position in the U.S. generic drug market, establishing the company as the sixth-largest generics maker by revenue. The addition of Roxane
RIDGEFIELD, Conn. — Boehringer Ingelheim has received approval from the Food and Drug Administration for Stiolto Respimat Inhalation Spray, a medication for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The company said Tuesday that Stiolto Respimat Inhalation Spray (tiotropium bromide and olodaterol) was approved as a long-term, once-daily maintenance treatment for airflow obstruction in patients with COPD,
