
This is the first treatment breakthrough in pulmonary fibrosis in over a decade

Pompe disease is a rare, progressive neuromuscular disease, with infantile onset being the most aggressive form

The collaboration began in 2013 and was later expanded in 2020 and 2023

SPMS is a debilitating stage of MS where patients experience increasing levels of disability

Fontoura previously held senior leadership roles at Xaira Therapeutics and Roche

It is the first anticancer treatment in the UK and globally to be administered this way and a first in multiple myeloma

The agreement strengthens Boehringer Ingelheim’s growing immunology pipeline

The treatment can be used to delay the onset of clinical type 1 diabetes

There are currently no approved treatments for the neurological symptoms of this disease

Up to 50% of allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplant patients develop chronic GVHD

There are more than three million people affected by IBD globally, with a need to improve current treatments

Around 1.4 million people in the UK are diagnosed with COPD, with two million thought to be undiagnosed