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About Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., based in Ridgefield, CT, is the largest U.S. subsidiary of Boehringer Ingelheim Corporation (Ridgefield, CT) and a member of the Boehringer Ingelheim group of companies.
The Boehringer Ingelheim group is one of the world's 20 leading pharmaceutical companies. Headquartered in Ingelheim, Germany, it operates globally with 137 affiliates in 47 countries and approximately 38,400 employees. Since it was founded in 1885, the family-owned company has been committed to researching, developing, manufacturing and marketing novel products of high therapeutic value for human and veterinary medicine.
In 2006, Boehringer Ingelheim posted net sales of US $13.3 billion (10.6 billion euro) while spending approximately one-fifth of net sales in its largest business segment, Prescription Medicines, on research and development.
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About Micardis(R) (telmisartan)
Telmisartan is marketed in the United States by Boehringer Ingelheim as MICARDIS(R) tablets. MICARDIS is indicated for the treatment of hypertension.
USE IN PREGNANCY
When used in pregnancy during the second and third trimesters, drugs
that act directly on the renin-angiotensin system can cause injury and even
death to the developing fetus. When pregnancy is detected, MICARDIS tablets
should be discontinued as soon as possible (see WARNINGS,
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