Pradaxa, from Boehringer Ingelheim, was approved by the Food and Drug Administration last October.
Germany's Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH was also working on a CGRP antagonist but canceled development.
Novartis, Abbott Laboratories and Boehringer Ingelheim are all thought to be pursuing hedgehog programs.
The first of these warfarin replacements, from Boehringer Ingelheim, goes before an FDA advisory committee on Monday.
Adams left Merck in 1987 to make a name for himself at the German drug firm Boehringer Ingelheim.
Boehringer Ingelheim is starting to inform physicians about a new contraindication for its oral anticoagulant drug Pradaxa (dabigatran).
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More recently a German firm, Boehringer Ingelheim, has developed its own diabetes treatment, linagliptin, with the trade name Tradjenta.
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Its manufacturer, Boehringer Ingelheim, must now show it is safe and effective, despite recent reassurances from the World Health Organisation that it can be used.
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The main point of the article is to explain why FDA is not taking action against Spiriva (generic name: tiotropium), a treatment for chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder sold by Boehringer Ingelheim and Pfizer, despite a meta-analysis that raised concerns.
Amylin went to court last year to end a development and marketing deal with Eli Lilly for both Bydureon and Byetta, ending a tumultuous partnership that finally unraveled when Lilly signed a rival deal with Boehringer Ingelheim, which infuriated Amylin executives.
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The split ends a decades-long partnership that appeared to unravel after Lilly signed a deal earlier this year with Boehringer Ingelheim to jointly develop and sell several diabetes compounds that are in mid- and late-stage development, including a Boehringer oral diabetes agent known as linagliptin.
The first clear hint of targeted therapy's potential came in late 2003, when researchers at the German firm Boehringer Ingelheim reported that its hepatitis C protease inhibitor lowered the quantity of virus particles by roughly 99.9% in eight patients in two days of treatment, beating what interferon can accomplish in that time period.
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With Pradaxa, which is already on the market, the advertising has already begun, with an awareness campaign by Susan Lucci (her husband as a fib) that started before the drug was approved. (Companies are allowed to raise awareness about disease before they can market their own drugs.) With competition approaching, Pradaxa maker Boerhinger Ingelheim has no choice but to get the word out fast.
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