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hen used together," said James Shannon, MD, Global Head of Development at Novartis Pharma AG. "Through our portfolio of high blood pressure medications, Novartis is committed to providing physicians with a wide range of tools to help patients lower their blood pressure."

About Tekturna

Tekturna received FDA approval in March 2007 for the treatment of high blood pressure as monotherapy or in combination with other high blood pressure medications. The use of Tekturna with maximal doses of ACE inhibitors has not been adequately studied. Tekturna was developed in collaboration with Speedel.

In clinical trials, the approved doses of Tekturna were generally well tolerated and the most common side effect experienced by more patients taking Tekturna than patients taking a sugar pill was diarrhea. Other less common reactions to Tekturna include cough and rash.

Angioedema has been rarely reported in patients taking Tekturna.

About Diovan

Novartis remains at the forefront of cardiovascular medicine through development of innovative products like DIOVAN, the most-prescribed member of the ARB class (angiotensin receptor blocker) in the world today. DIOVAN is available for the treatment of high blood pressure in more than 100 countries, for the treatment of heart attack survivors in more than 70 countries and in more than 90 countries for the treatment of people with heart failure.

DIOVAN is contraindicated in patients who are hypersensitive to any component of this product.

Volume and or salt depletion should be corrected in patients prior to administering DIOVAN or symptomatic hypotension may occur.

Care should be exercised with dosing of DIOVAN in patients with severe renal impairment. As a consequence of inhibiting the renin-angiotensin system, changes in renal function may be observed in susceptible individuals (e.g. patients with renal artery stenosis or severe heart failure).

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