Professor Dr Andreas Barner, the outgoing chief of Boehringer Ingelheim, was able to report a return to growth for the family-owned German company in 2015 at his final annual conference. The group was boosted by diabetes sales under its partnership with Eli Lilly & Co - as well as by the strength of the dollar. The company reports in euros but books nearly 40% of its sales in the US. With currency effects stripped out, the sales were up by a more modest 4.1% versus the 11.1% as reported.
The company's anticoagulant Pradaxa (dabigatran) is still failing to meet previous expectations, though. Barner was bullish about its prospects, citing the US and European approval in the second half of 2015 of the reversal agent Praxbind (idarucizumab), and the fact that 30-35% of atrial fibrillation patients are still not on an anticoagulant, as likely drivers of demand this year
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