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Five (Non-COVID) Clinical Trial Hits Of 2021

 
• By Alexandra Shimmings

2021 may have been dominated by the continuing coronavirus pandemic, but that did not stop industry’s more bread and butter R&D activities. Here, In Vivo takes a look at five of the more notable clinical trial hits of the year.

Hit the target
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The detailed results in August of Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH and Eli Lilly and Company's closely watched EMPEROR-Preserved trial of Jardiance were hailed as ground-breaking after its investigators said the SGLT2 inhibitor was the first drug to show "unequivocal benefit" on major harmful outcomes in patients with heart failure and a preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF).

Data from the 5,988-patient study, the highlight of the virtual European Society of Cardiology meeting, showed that Jardiance (empagliflozin) plus...

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