TheHeart.org Kyoto, Japon -.Nouvelle accusation de fraude scientifique, enquête sur des effets secondaires cutanés : l'antihypertenseur valsartan (Diovan®/Tareg® en Fr...
The Pharma Letter The best-selling product, with sales of 108 billion yen ($1.11 billion) last year (2012), is Swiss drug major Novartis' (NOVN: VX) ARB anti-hypertensive drug Diovan ( valsartan ), which is among the original branded drugs that are anticipating entry of ...
Courier Islander Diovan, which is generically known as Valsartan , is a treatment for high blood pressure which lost U.S. patent protection last year. Novartis has been counting on new product launches, such as Gilenya for multiple sclerosis and Afinitor for cancer, to ...
Mainichi Daily News One of Japan's largest hospital operators has decided to discontinue the use of the Novartis blood pressure drug valsartan (trade name Diovan) following a clinical study scandal, it's been learned. The scandal emerged earlier this year when papers ...
TheHeart.Org Products in Japan that contain valsartan include Diovan, Co-Diovan (valsartan and hydrochlorothiazide), and Exforge (valsartan and amlodipine ). To heartwire, Novartis said it has undertaken its own review of the Japanese adverse-event-report data ... and more »
NBCNews.com The company also announced positive results from a phase 3 clinical trial of the fixed dose combination of nebivolol and valsartan for hypertension. Forest also has two FDA-approved cardiovascular drugs (Bystolic and Tiazac) to treat high blood ... and more »
Pulse Researchers studied 54,186 patients with diabetes, aged 66 years or older, who started treatment with an ARB – candesartan, irbesartan, losartan, telmisartan or valsartan – between 2001 and 2011. They hypothesised that telmisartan could be associated ...
Benzinga Forest Laboratories (NYSE: FRX) today announced positive topline results from an 8-week pivotal Phase III clinical trial evaluating the efficacy and safety of i...
Science World Report Two drugs namely 'Telmisartan' and ' Valsartan ' that is used to lower the levels of blood pressure in people with diabetes have noticed that same drugs also lower the risk of hospitalization for heart failure, heart attack or stroke. (Photo : Reuters ...
Science Daily (press release) Angiotensin-receptor blockers including telmisartan, valsartan, candesartan , irbesartan and losartan, are generally used interchangeably to control blood pressure. However, there is some evidence from small trials that telmisartan has slightly ...