
Pharma Marketletter - Merck & Co’s Cozaar gets US approval for stroke prevention.
November 17th, 2008Merck & Co’s angiotensin II receptor antagonist Cozaar (losartan) has become the first and only antihypertensive to be approved in the USA for reducing the risk of stroke in patients with high blood pressure and left ventricular hypertrophy, which can be a precursor to heart failure. However, new labeling for the product indicates that this …
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A Kidney Problem Causing High Blood Pressure
November 16th, 2008Interestingly, certain cases of high blood pressure are caused by a kidney problem. The kidneys play a large role in determining what our blood pressure is. The kidneys have a complex system of hormones that affect blood pressure under certain circumstances.
The primary kidney problem that leads to high bl…
Business Wire - An Analysis of Cardiology - Acute Coronary Syndrome, and Anticoagulants by US Medical Experts
November 10th, 2008 DUBLIN, Ireland — Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/490602/cardiology_acute) has announced the addition of the “Cardiology - Acute Coronary Syndrome, Anticoagulants” report to their offering.
This repor…
Business Wire - A Professional Thought Leader Analysis of Non-Interventional Cardiology and Major Industry Drugs
November 8th, 2008 DUBLIN, Ireland — Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/ce5f70/thought_leader_ins) has announced the addition of the “Thought Leader Insight & Analysis: Non-Interventional Cardiology” report to their offering.
This report provides in-depth analysis of the market and pipeline from the perspective of global thought…
American Family Physician - ARBs vs. ACE inhibitors to prevent nephropathy progression
November 4th, 2008 Clinical Question: Are angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) as good as angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors at preventing the progression of nephropathy?
Setting: Outpatient (any)
Study Design: Randomized controlled trial (double-blinded)
Allocation: Uncertain
Synopsis: In this study, 250 participants with diabetes who had mild to moderate hypertension and evidence of early nephropathy (i.e., urinary albumin excretion rate between 11 and 999 mcg…
Southern Medical Journal - Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor-induced acute pancreatitis: in search of the evidence.(Editorial)
November 3rd, 2008Drug-induced pancreatitis is estimated to be responsible for nearly 2% of cases of acute pancreatitis. (1) Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors are some of the most widely prescribed medications. The occurrence of acute pancreatitis with several differen…
HealthDay - ACE Inhibitor as Effective as More Expensive Blood Pressure Drug
October 31st, 2008Treatment with an ACE inhibitor drug was as effective in reducing deaths, heart attacks and stroke in a high-risk group of patients as a newer and more expensive angiotensin-receptor blocker (ARB) drug, a large international study has found.
The study of more than 17,000 people with coronary artery disease or diabetes found no …
Pharma Marketletter - Boeh Ingelheim launches largest-ever stroke prevention trial with dipyridamole.
October 27th, 2008New scientific approaches for the prevention and acute treatment of stroke were the focus at the 12th European Stroke Conference in Valencia, Spain, last week. During the symposium and subsequent press conference, Germany’s Boehringer Ingelheim presented its comprehensive cerebrovascular protection program for acute and secondary stroke.
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AFP - New blood pressure drug has fewer side effects: study
October 23rd, 2008 CHICAGO (AFP) — A new drug for treating high blood pressure, telmisartan, is as effective as the popular drug ramipril but with fewer side effects, according to a study published Monday.
After four and a half years of study, researchers found that temisartan (marketed as Micardis, Pritor or Kinzal) and ramipril (Trita…
Warning Letter Bulletin - DDMAC UNTITLED LETTERS: 7615W.
October 19th, 2008Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Ridgefield, CT, April 16 (DDMAC). A journal ad and a sales aid for Micardis (telmisartan) tablets, submitted via Form 2253, were deemed misleading for implying superiority over other angiotensin II receptor blockers, insufficient contextual information for a pie chart and a graph that presented clinical data inaccurately.
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