Lilly/BI's Jardiance Scores A Win In Heart Failure Where Rivals Have Not

A Phase III trial in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction showed a benefit, which could result in a broad heart failure label for the SGLT2 inhibitor.

Heart EKG — Jardiance showed a benefit in HFpEF in a Phase III trial • Source: Alamy

Eli Lilly and Company and Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH's diabetes treatment Jardiance (empagliflozin) may be poised for a broad heart failure indication after the drug showed a statistically significant benefit in a Phase III trial in a setting where Novartis AG's heart failure drug Entresto (sacubitril/valsartan) and other rivals have not.

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