Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH hopes to launch 25 new drugs by 2030, and judging by its performance in the first half of this year, it is certainly putting the effort in. “We are stepping up our investments in R&D beyond our plans announced in April,” said Hubertus von Baumbach, chairman of Boehringer’s board, though he did not say exactly how much it would be spending.
Boehringer Looks To Revitalise Its Pipeline
With sales of its big sellers Jardiance and Ofev to start shrinking in the next few years, the German group is teeing up a suite of new drugs.

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