Privately-held German firm Boehringer Ingelheim and Eli Lilly (NYSE: LLY) are to collaborate with the University of Oxford, UK, to investigate the effects of the SGLT2 inhibitor Jardiance (empagliflozin) on certain kidney disease patients.
Lilly and family-owned Boehringer won approval for the therapy in 2014, and have continued to pursue approvals in other indications. Jardiance has continued to perform well in this therapeutic area.
The outcomes study, dubbed EMPA-KIDNEY, will look at the progression of kidney disease and the occurrence of cardiovascular death in adults with established chronic kidney disease with and without diabetes.
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