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Jardiance Tops 7 Categories in October Promotion Rankings: Intage

November 28, 2025
Nippon Boehringer Ingelheim’s SGLT2 inhibitor Jardiance (empagliflozin) led promotional activities across seven categories in October, according to Intage’s monthly Impact Track survey. The Impact Track survey asks some 4,000 general practitioners and hospital doctors about the number of promotions they…

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