Boehringer Ingelheim Corporation Exits Hepatitis C Field, Pulls Regulatory Filings For Faldaprevir

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Germany's Boehringer Ingelheim is bowing out of the race to develop oral hepatitis C virus (HCV) therapies and has discontinued development of lead candidate faldepravir.

After a strategic review of its business, the company said it had elected to withdraw all regulatory filings for faldepravir - a protease inhibitor - because the "HCV treatment environment has significantly and rapidly evolved" in the last couple of years.

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