ATS 2014: InterMune, Boehringer face off in IPF
This article was originally published in Scrip
Executive Summary
InterMune's idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) drug pirfenidone may have a survival benefit over Boehringer Ingelheim's IPF treatment nintedanib, but Phase III results presented at the American Thoracic Society (ATS) 2014 Conference in San Diego make it difficult to conduct a head-to-head comparison of the therapies.