Ingelheim, Zürich 06th September, 2012 – Boehringer Ingelheim, the Institute of Molecular Health Science and the Institute of Food, Nutrition and Health of the ETH Zurich will collaborate to achieve new insights into the development of diabetes and obesity. The joint effort will focus on investigating three cell types that may contribute to the onset of diseases such as obesity and diabetes because of their dominant role in metabolic homoeostasis. With this four-year, industry-academia collaboration, Boehringer Ingelheim will further strengthen its efforts to translate basic scientific findings into more effective treatments of human diseases.
As partners, Boehringer Ingelheim and the ETH Zurich will work together to enhance the knowledge of these diseases. The aim is to enable the discovery and development of innovative treatments that have the potential to improve the therapy as well as the discovery of novel biomarkers and diagnostic tools that may contribute to better monitoring and planning of therapeutic interventions for diabetes and obesity.
