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ONCOLOGY
Oncology Boehringer Ingelheim is applying ...

Oncology

Boehringer Ingelheim is applying its scientific discoveries and research advances in cancer biology to develop a wide range of novel therapies in areas of unmet medical need in both solid tumours and haematological malignancies.  The indications that this research targets include:

  • lung
  • ovarian
  • breast
  • head and neck
  • acute myeloid leukemia (AML)

 
BI @ ASCO 2013
Lung Cancer: Not Just One Disease

New Phase III data for afatinib* and nintedanib...
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BI @ ASCO 2013
Lung Cancer: Not Just One Disease

New Phase III data for afatinib* and nintedanib* to be presented at the ASCO 2013 Annual Meeting (American Society of Clinical Oncology)

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Afatinib submitted for European approval
BI submits first oncology compound, afatinib* f...
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Afatinib submitted for European approval

BI submits first oncology compound, afatinib* for European approval

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Clinical Trials E-Book - From Design to Data
Introduction & Design of a Clinical Trial
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Clinical Trials E-Book - From Design to Data

Introduction & Design of a Clinical Trial

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ASCO 2013 afatinib* and nintedanib* data story
Watch a video round-up of the afatinib* and nin...
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ASCO 2013 afatinib* and nintedanib* data story

Watch a video round-up of the afatinib* and nintedanib* Phase III data presented at the ASCO 2013 Annual Meeting.

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Pivotal study on afatinib
Pivotal study on afatinib may challenge standar...
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Pivotal study on afatinib

Pivotal study on afatinib may challenge standard first line treatment

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Importance of EGFR Mutation Testing
Interview with Dr Vera Hirsh Associate Profess...
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Importance of EGFR Mutation Testing

Interview with Dr Vera Hirsh Associate Professor, McGill University Department of Medical Oncology Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal, Canada

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LUX-Lung 3 Results - Prof Thomas Lynch
Interview with Prof Thomas J. Lynch, MD Direct...
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LUX-Lung 3 Results - Prof Thomas Lynch

Interview with Prof Thomas J. Lynch, MD Director of Yale Cancer Center, New Haven, USA

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LUX-Lung 3 Trial Design
Interview with Prof Tony Shu Kam Mok, MD Depar...
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LUX-Lung 3 Trial Design

Interview with Prof Tony Shu Kam Mok, MD Department of Clinical Oncology, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

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LUX-Lung 6 and other Afatinib Trials
Interview with Prof James-Chih-Hsin Yang Direc...
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LUX-Lung 6 and other Afatinib Trials

Interview with Prof James-Chih-Hsin Yang Director of the Cancer Research Center, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

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LUX-Lung 7 & 8 Trials
Interview with Prof Thomas J. Lynch, MD Direct...
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LUX-Lung 7 & 8 Trials

Interview with Prof Thomas J. Lynch, MD Director of Yale Cancer Center, New Haven, USA

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Pivotal Phase III Results
Media Alert: Pivotal Phase III Results for Afat...
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Pivotal Phase III Results

Media Alert: Pivotal Phase III Results for Afatinib to be Presented at ASCO 2012

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LUX-Head & Neck Cancer Trial Programme
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LUX-Head & Neck Cancer Trial Programme

BI moves into Phase III for its Head and Neck Cancer Trial Programme for Afatinib*

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Afatinib lung cancer treatment - NSCLC with EGFR mutation
Interview with Prof Thomas J. Lynch, MD Direct...
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Afatinib lung cancer treatment - NSCLC with EGFR mutation

Interview with Prof Thomas J. Lynch, MD Director of Yale Cancer Center, New Haven, USA

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Lung cancer biomarkers
Interview with Prof Thomas J. Lynch, MD Direct...
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Lung cancer biomarkers

Interview with Prof Thomas J. Lynch, MD Director of Yale Cancer Center, New Haven, USA

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Ovarian Cancer Research and New Treatment Options
Interview with Jonathan Ledermann, BSc, MD, FRC...
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Ovarian Cancer Research and New Treatment Options

Interview with Jonathan Ledermann, BSc, MD, FRCP Cancer Research UK and UCL Cancer Institute London, UK

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Ovarian Cancer Symptoms and Characteristics
Interview with Ken Swenerton, MD, FRCPC Cancer...
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Ovarian Cancer Symptoms and Characteristics

Interview with Ken Swenerton, MD, FRCPC Cancer Medicine in Gynecology Clinical Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia

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Ovarian Cancer Prognosis & Late Diagnosis
Interview with Professor Ignace Vergote Chairm...
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Ovarian Cancer Prognosis & Late Diagnosis

Interview with Professor Ignace Vergote Chairman of the Leuven Cancer Institute

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Ovarian Cancer Treatment - Targeted Therapies
Interview with Ken Swenerton, MD, FRCPC Cancer...
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Ovarian Cancer Treatment - Targeted Therapies

Interview with Ken Swenerton, MD, FRCPC Cancer Medicine in Gynecology Clinical Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia

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Head and Neck Cancer Incidence and Prognosis
Interview with Ezra Cohen, MD Associate Profes...
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Head and Neck Cancer Incidence and Prognosis

Interview with Ezra Cohen, MD Associate Professor of Medicine University of Chicago Medical Center

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Head and Neck Cancer Treatments & Targeted Therapies
Interview with Ezra Cohen, MD Associate Profes...
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Head and Neck Cancer Treatments & Targeted Therapies

Interview with Ezra Cohen, MD Associate Professor of Medicine University of Chicago Medical Center

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Afatinib Head and Neck Cancer Trials
Interview with Ezra Cohen, MD Associate Profes...
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Afatinib Head and Neck Cancer Trials

Interview with Ezra Cohen, MD Associate Professor of Medicine University of Chicago Medical Center

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BIBF 1120* in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer
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BIBF 1120* in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer

BIBF 1120* in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer as effective as bevacizumab with less serious adverse events

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Afatinib - LUX Breast clinical trial programme
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Afatinib - LUX Breast clinical trial programme

Boehringer Ingelheim Broadens its Breast Cancer Trial Programme for Afatinib*

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A-Z Cancer Glossary
The terminology around cancer research and canc...
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A-Z Cancer Glossary

The terminology around cancer research and cancer treatments

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New Lux-Lung 1 data December 2010
New subgroup analysis of the LUX-Lung 1 trial s...
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New Lux-Lung 1 data December 2010

New subgroup analysis of the LUX-Lung 1 trial suggests benefit from afatinib* in lung cancer patients likely to have EGFR mutations

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Angiokinase inhibitors in lung cancer
Interview with Marianne Nicolson, MD, FRCP Con...
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Angiokinase inhibitors in lung cancer

Interview with Marianne Nicolson, MD, FRCP Consultant Medical Oncologist, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen, Scotland

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Personalising cancer care and the future of cancer treatments
Interview with John Heymach, MD, PhD Associate...
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Personalising cancer care and the future of cancer treatments

Interview with John Heymach, MD, PhD Associate Professor, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA

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Personalised Cancer Treatment - Cancer as Chronic Disease
Interview with Kathleen Pritchard, MD, FRCPC T...
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Personalised Cancer Treatment - Cancer as Chronic Disease

Interview with Kathleen Pritchard, MD, FRCPC Toronto Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Center, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Non small cell lung cancer overview
Interview with David Ross Camidge, MD, PhD As...
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Non small cell lung cancer overview

Interview with David Ross Camidge, MD, PhD Assistant Professor, University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado, USA

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Afatinib lung cancer trial results
Afatinib (BIBW 2992*) triples progression free ...
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Afatinib lung cancer trial results

Afatinib (BIBW 2992*) triples progression free survival in phase III study in lung cancer patients

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Afatinib in Breast Cancer - LUX-Breast trials
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Afatinib in Breast Cancer - LUX-Breast trials

Boehringer Ingelheim Initiates Phase III Clinical Trial with Novel Oral Agent in Advanced Breast Cancer

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BIBW 2992 head and neck cancer treatment
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BIBW 2992 head and neck cancer treatment

BI's lead investigational oncology compound BIBW 2992* demonstrates...

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Volasertib* Plk 1 inhibitor - Oncology compound
Volasertib* (compound code BI 6727) is an inves...
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Volasertib* Plk 1 inhibitor - Oncology compound

Volasertib* (compound code BI 6727) is an investigational, potent, and selective inhibitor in vitro of PLK1, an important regulator of the cell cycle.

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First Phase III in LUME-Ovar Clinical Trial Initated
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First Phase III in LUME-Ovar Clinical Trial Initated

Boehringer Ingelheim initiates first Phase III clinical trial in Ovarian Cancer

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Boehringer Ingelheim and DxS sign agreement
Boehringer Ingelheim and DxS sign an agreement ...
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Boehringer Ingelheim and DxS sign agreement

Boehringer Ingelheim and DxS sign an agreement for a companion diagnostic to identify EGFR mutations in patients with lung cancer

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Boehringer Ingelheim to commence Lux Lung 3 study
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Boehringer Ingelheim to commence Lux Lung 3 study

Boehringer Ingelheim and DxS sign agreement for a companion diagnostic test to identify EGFR mutations in patients with lung cancer

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Boehringer Ingelheim to present new data at ASCO 2009
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Boehringer Ingelheim to present new data at ASCO 2009

Boehringer Ingelheim to Present New Phase II Clinical Data on two Lead Oncology Compounds at ASCO 2009

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First pivotal trials LUME-Lung 1+2 begin
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First pivotal trials LUME-Lung 1+2 begin

First pivotal trials begin for Boehringer Ingelheim’s novel triple angiokinase inhibitor BIBF 1120*

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Clinical trials data BIBF 1120*
Data suggests promising overall survival and pr...
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Clinical trials data BIBF 1120*

Data suggests promising overall survival and progression-free survival with BIBF 1120*

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New Data on BIBW 2992 (afatinib)
New data on BIBW 2992*, a potent, irreversible,...
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New Data on BIBW 2992 (afatinib)

New data on BIBW 2992*, a potent, irreversible, second-generation oral signal transduction inhibitor provides glimpse of next chapter in lung cancer care

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Boehringer Ingelheim Accesses Field of Oncology
BI accesses field of oncology with three compou...
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Boehringer Ingelheim Accesses Field of Oncology

BI accesses field of oncology with three compounds in phase II

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