Type 2 Diabetes: Investigational empagliflozin/linagliptin combination tablet shows sustained reduction in blood glucose in Phase III study

Boehringer Ingelheim and Eli Lilly and Company today presented results from a 52-week Phase III study that demonstrated sustained efficacy of the investigational empagliflozin/linagliptin combination tablet in adults with Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) already taking metformin and in those who were previously untreated. Results from the study, presented during the 50th Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD), also confirmed the safety profile of the combination tablet.

“We are encouraged by the results of this study because it showed clinically meaningful reductions in blood glucose levels with the empagliflozin/linagliptin combination when used with or without metformin,” said Prof Hans-J. Woerle, Vice President, Head of Medicine, Therapeutic Area Metabolism, Boehringer Ingelheim. “As Type 2 Diabetes is a complex and progressive condition, new treatment approaches may be required to help control blood glucose and the single tablet combination of empagliflozin/linagliptin may provide an important option for these patients.”