Boehringer Ingelheim

Liam Sturgess
11 min read

Boehringer Ingelheim is a German pharmaceutical company based in Ingelheim, Germany.

COVID-19

In March 2020, Boehringer Ingelheim joined the COVID-19 Therapeutics Accelerator as a financial supporter.[1]

Boehringer Ingelheim is a member of the Corona Accelerated R&D in Europe (CARE) consortium, developing therapeutics for COVID-19.[2]

Boehringer Ingelheim ran clinical trials for their neutralizing antibody product BI 764198 in COVID-19 patients. The trials were suspended due to lack of efficacy.[3] Meanwhile, the company also manufactures veterinary ivermectin products and advises against human consumption, instead advocating for COVID-19 vaccination.[4]

Organization

Boehringer Ingelheim has been a member or partner of:

Boehringer Ingelheim has been a client of Biotext Solutions,[34] Glover Park Group,[35] Knight Labs,[36] Lyceum Health,[37] Media Platforms,[38] the Pharmaceutical Advertising Advisory Board (PAAB),[39] RedNovius,[40] Snell Medical Communication,[41] STI Technologies,[42] Trois Prime,[43] and Vanguard Pharma.[44]

Personnel

Name Position Notes
Mehmood Alibhai Director of Patient Access and Healthcare Policy (Canada)[14:1] C.D. Howe Institute
Maria Anillo Senior Associate, Established Products and Regulatory Operations (Canada)[45] Janssen
Takeshi Kei Kishimoto Associate Director of Research (former)[46] Selecta Biosciences
Youla Tsantrizos Group Leader and Distinguished Scientist (former)[47] COVID-19 Therapeutics Task Force, McGill University Department of Chemistry

Activities

Boehringer Ingelheim has provided notable funding to:

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  2. COVID-19: CARE Consortium. Boehringer Ingelheim. Retrieved January 12, 2022, from http://archive.vn/2022.01.12-220304/https://www.boehringer-ingelheim.com/covid-19/fighting-covid-19/imi2-call-21 ↩︎

  3. Study in COVID-19 Patients with Severe Respiratory Illness Discontinued. Boehringer Ingelheim. Retrieved July 30, 2021, from https://web.archive.org/web/20210730233935/https://www.boehringer-ingelheim.com/covid-19/fighting-covid-19/research-update ↩︎

  4. Ivermectin in Animal Health products and COVID-19. Boehringer Ingelheim. Retrieved January 12, 2022, from http://archive.vn/2022.01.12-220435/https://www.boehringer-ingelheim.com/covid-19/protecting-humans-and-animals/ivermectin-animal-health-not-for-human-use ↩︎

  5. Current Organizational Members. AcademyHealth. Retrieved May 8, 2022, from http://archive.vn/2022.05.08-091859/https://academyhealth.org/membership/organizational-members/current-organizational-members/page/current-organizational-members ↩︎

  6. Member Logos. Ad Standards. Retrieved September 17, 2021, from https://web.archive.org/web/20210917052119/https://adstandards.ca/about/membership/member-logos/ ↩︎

  7. Corporate Alliance. American Psychiatric Association Foundation. Retrieved October 16, 2022, from http://archive.vn/2022.10.16-182356/https://apafdn.org/about/corporate-alliance ↩︎

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  9. Partners. The Arthritis Society. Retrieved May 14, 2022, from http://archive.vn/2022.05.14-211808/https://arthritis.ca/about-us/partners ↩︎

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  33. Current Partners. Vector Institute for Artificial Intelligence. Retrieved July 5, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230705190023/https://vectorinstitute.ai/partnerships/current-partners/ ↩︎

  34. Home. Biotext Solutions. Retrieved August 30, 2022, from http://archive.vn/2022.08.30-055440/http://www.biotext.ca/%23testimonials ↩︎

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  37. Home. Lyceum Health. Retrieved September 1, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20220901064045/https://www.lyceumhealth.com/ ↩︎

  38. Clients. Media Platforms. Retrieved September 1, 2022, from http://archive.vn/2022.09.01-065723/https://www.mediaplatforms.ca/clients/index.html ↩︎

  39. About. Pharmaceutical Advertising Advisory Board. Retrieved January 8, 2018, from http://archive.vn/2022.08.29-054034/https://web.archive.org/web/20180108160414/http://www.paab.ca/about.htm ↩︎

  40. Home. RedNovius | Digital Pharma Marketing Company. Retrieved September 2, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20220524110620/https://www.rednovius.com/ ↩︎

  41. Clients. Snell Medical Communication. Retrieved September 5, 2022, from http://archive.vn/2022.09.04-161503/https://www.snellmedical.com/clients ↩︎

  42. Home. STI Technologies Limited. Retrieved September 2, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20220626020749/https://smartsti.com/ ↩︎

  43. Clients. Trois Prime. Retrieved September 3, 2022, from http://archive.vn/2022.09.03-010026/https://www.troisprime.com/clients ↩︎

  44. Clients - About Us. Vanguard Pharma. Retrieved October 16, 2021, from https://web.archive.org/web/20211016085207/https://www.vanguardpharma.com/about-us/clients/ ↩︎

  45. Speakers. DIA Global. Retrieved May 28, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230528061502/https://www.diaglobal.org/en/conference-listing/meetings/2022/10/canada-annual-meeting/speakers ↩︎

  46. Takashi Kei Kishimoto, Ph.D. | Management. Cartesian Therapeutics. Retrieved January 6, 2025, from https://ir.cartesiantherapeutics.com/management/takashi-kei-kishimoto-phd ↩︎

  47. Youla Tsantrizos. McGill University Department of Chemistry. Retrieved January 6, 2025, from https://web.archive.org/web/20241206213902/https://www.mcgill.ca/chemistry/faculty/youla-tsantrizos ↩︎

  48. Associate Members and Financial Supporters. (2022, January). Alliance for Patient Access. https://web.archive.org/web/20220128105843/https://admin.allianceforpatientaccess.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/AfPADonorsJanuary2022.pdf ↩︎

  49. Supporters. American Association for Cancer Research (AACR). Retrieved January 29, 2023, from http://archive.today/2023.05.11-051652/https://www.aacr.org/meeting/aacr-annual-meeting-2021/supporters/ ↩︎

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  57. Home. CanCOLD. Retrieved January 9, 2022, from http://archive.vn/2022.01.09-211553/https://cancold.ca/ ↩︎

  58. CHAP Annual Meetings. Canadian HIV and Viral Hepatitis Pharmacists Network. Retrieved April 19, 2022, from http://archive.vn/2022.04.19-182055/https://hivclinic.ca/chap/sponsors.php ↩︎

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  61. Our Partners. CSN/SCN. Retrieved January 8, 2022, from http://archive.vn/2022.01.08-161403/https://www.csnscn.ca/our-partners/ ↩︎

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Liam Sturgess

Liam Sturgess

Liam Sturgess is a Canadian writer, researcher and investigative reporter focused on issues of human rights and civil liberties, with a particular interest in the COVID-19 pandemic. He is the founder of White Rose Intelligence.

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