A new collaboration between the Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University’s MURDOCK Study, and Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc will try to better understand how chronic obstructive pulmonary disease progresses in the real world. See more at: http://www.ajmc.com/newsroom/real-world-observational-study-will-aid-in-understanding-of-progression-of-copd#sthash.BQsjE9Ti.dpuf