Jardiance cuts heart attack deaths significantly in at risk diabetes patients

18 September 2015
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New research has shown that Jardiance (empagliflozin) significantly reduced the risk of the combined endpoint of cardiovascular (CV) death, non-fatal heart attack or non-fatal stroke by 14% when added to standard of care in patients with type 2 diabetes at high risk of CV events.

Jardiance was developed, and is now marketed, under a collaboration between Germany family-owned Boehringer Ingelheim and partner US drug major Eli Lilly (NYSE: LLY). Lilly’s shares rose 6.3% to $89.74 on above-average volume, having hit $90.46 in intraday trading, and reaching a near 15-year high, according to Dow Jones.

The EMPA-REG OUTCOME trial was conducted to meet regulatory demands that makers of diabetes drugs show their products do not increase CV risk.

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