Boehringer and Torrent Pharma to co-market diabetes drugs in India

15 December 2022

India’s Torrent Pharmaceuticals (BSE: 500420) has inked a strategic alliance with Germany’s Boehringer Ingelheim to co-market diabetes drugs and fixed-dose combinations in India. The Indian company will co-market empagliflozin, empagliflozin+ metformin and empagliflozin+ linagliptin in India.

Empagliflozin is a novel sodium glucose co-transporter-2 (SGLT-2) inhibitor that improves glycemic control in adults with type-2 diabetes. Additionally, it reduces the risk of cardiovascular death in adults with type 2 diabetes and established cardiovascular disease.

As a result of the drug alliance, India patients will be able to address the dual challenges of diabetes type-2 and heart failure. Approximately 74.2 million adult patients, between 20 and 79 years of age, have diabetes in India as of 2021, according to the International Diabetes Federation. This is expected to increase to almost 125 million patients by 2045.

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