Eli Lilly Reports on SGLT-2 Trials

Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Eli Lilly and Company LLY today announce data from three pooled analyses for linagliptin at the 48th European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) Annual Meeting in Berlin. The new analyses show linagliptin, alone or in combination with other diabetes therapies, lowered hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c or A1C) in elderly patients with type 2 diabetes, as well as in adults with type 2 diabetes with diabetic nephropathy (renal disease).1,2,3 Data from a fourth study found adding linagliptin to a stable dose of basal insulin improved blood glucose control over 52 weeks without an additional risk of hypoglycemia or weight gain compared to placebo.4 Linagliptin, marketed in the U.S. as Tradjenta®, is a once-daily tablet used along with diet and exercise to improve glycemic control in adults with type 2 diabetes. TRADJENTA should not be used in patients with type 1 diabetes or for the treatment of diabetic ketoacidosis (increased ketones in the blood or urine).5 "We are committed to developing and providing therapeutic solutions, such as linagliptin, See full press release