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THERAPEUTIC AREA
Metabolic
About 425 million adult people in the world are living with diabetes, with Type 2 diabetes accounting for 90 percent of all cases1. This number is projected to increase to 629 million people by 20451. Type 2 diabetes is a chronic, progressive condition and long-term complications include stroke, heart attack and cardiovascular death as well as diabetic kidney disease, retinopathy, arm and leg amputations and autonomic neuropathy. In addition to the now marketed products from our own R&D, we are also focused on cardiometabolic indications with a high unmet medical need.
1Diabetes Atlas 8th edition 2017, International Diabetes Federation. http://www.diabetesatlas.org (link is external) (accessed Apr 2018)
Respiratory
Boehringer Ingelheim has emerged as a leader in this disease area, having launched several treatments in a range of respiratory conditions including asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), SSc ILD and PF ILD. COPD is a serious, progressive lung disease that limits airflow in the lungs. COPD is preventable and treatable but not curable and by 2033 it is predicted to be the third leading cause of death worldwide.1 An important goal in the management of COPD is increaseing a patient's ability to live their life to the extent they love to and keep active for longer.
1What is chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)? World Health Organisation.2013. http://www.who.int/features/qa/48/en/ (accessed August 2018)
