Lupin and Boehringer Ingelheim, a German based pharma major, have expanded their partnership with plans to market two new oral anti-diabetics recently approved by the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) - Gibtulio Met (Empagliflozin+ Metformin) and Ajaduo (Empagliflozin +Linagliptin). Both these products belong to a novel class of oral anti-diabetic drugs patented in India and will be launched for the first time by an Indian company. The two products will be co-marketed simultaneously by Boehringer Ingelheim and Lupin across India under different brand names.
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