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NBI Aims at Sales of ¥17 Bil. for Spiriva

August 3, 2009
In an interview with Jiho, Inc. on July 21, Shinichi Uemura, head of the Respiratory Product Marketing Department of Nippon Boehringer Ingelheim (NBI), revealed that NBI intends to increase sales of the treatment for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) Spiriva…

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