Roxane Laboratories, Inc. Announces the Launch of Ramipril Capsules

COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Roxane Laboratories, Inc. announced today the approval of its Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for Ramipril Capsules, 1.25mg, 2.5mg, 5mg and 10mg by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The 1.25mg, 2.5mg, 5mg and 10mg strengths will be available...

Lupin Launches Ramipril Capsules

BALTIMORE, June 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Lupin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted final approval for the Company's Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for Ramipril capsules, 1.25 mg. 2.5 mg, 5 mg and 10 mg. Commercial shipments of t...

US Court Rules Against Lupin in Ramipril Patent Case

Pharmaceutical company Lupin Ltd today said that a district court in the US has ruled against the company in a patent infringement suit filed by Sanofi-Aventis and King Pharmaceuticals. // The company informed the Bombay Stock Exchange that the US District Court for the Eastern District of Vi...

ACE Inhibitor as Effective as More Expensive Blood Pressure Drug

... major differences between those treated with the widely used ACE inhibitor ramipril (Altace) and those given the ARB telmisartan (Micardis). "This is the fi...nts was almost identical in the two groups -- 16.5 percent for those taking ramipril and 16.7 percent in the telmisartan group. It was also about the same in a ...

Some High Blood Pressure Drugs may Help Reduce Dementia Risk

...in the blood stream. Centrally acting drugs include captropril (Capoten), fosinopril (Monopril), lisinopril (Prinivil or Zestri), perindopril (Aceon), ramipril (Altace) and trandolapril (Mavik). The study found a link between taking centrally active ACE inhibitors and lower rates of mental decline as m...

Diabetes on the Rise among Filipinos

...serious health consequence of diabetes is to prevent it from occurring.” A GSK study called the DREAM trial (or Diabetes Reduction Approaches with ramipril and rosiglitazone Medications) for pre-diabetes patients showed the risk of developing Type 2 Diabetes was reduced by 62 percent, compared to placebo ...

Heart Drug Also Effective In Preventing Specific Causes Of Death

...o take the angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor ramipril (Altace), vitamin E, or a placebo to see if either...ve any effect on heart attack or stroke rates, but ramipril showed a protective effect. Researchers took the s... Compared to patients on the placebo, those taking ramipril were less likely to develop either condition: 3.3 ...

A ray of light on Cardiology

...on or development of LVH. Cardiovascular outcomes such as MI, stroke and heart failure were also evaluated. Among 92.9 per cent of the patients, ramipril either prevented or caused gradual regression of LVH, independent of its effect on blood pressure control. Adverse cardiovascular outcomes were also l...

New light on Cardiology

...on or development of LVH. Cardiovascular outcomes such as MI, stroke and heart failure were also evaluated. Among 92.9 per cent of the patients, ramipril either prevented or caused gradual regression of LVH, independent of its effect on blood pressure control. Adverse cardiovascular outcomes were also l...

Ramipril in Medical Technology

TRANSCEND(TM) Trial Results Presented at European Society of Cardiology Congress and Published in The Lancet

...NTARGET trial showed that telmisartan was as effective as the ACE inhibitor ramipril in reducing the risk of cardio- and cerebrovascular events, but with a lowe...ardiovascular Disease **ONgoing Telmisartan Alone and in combination with ramipril Global Endpoint Trial References (1) Yusuf, S et al. Effects of the...

Landmark ONTARGET(TM) Trial Demonstrates Micardis(R) is Equally Effective as Ramipril, with Fewer Discontinuations, in a Broad High-Risk Cardiovascular Population

...ONgoing Telmisartan Alone and in combination with ramipril Global Endpoint Trial) involving 25,620 patients p...vent occurring in the telmisartan group versus the ramipril group) was 1.01, with a 95 percent CI of 0.94 - 1.... the angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor ramipril was reduced by approximately 20 percent compared w...

New Data Highlights Potential of SPP100 (Tekturna) as Gold Standard Therapy in Treatment of Hypertension

...PRA), even though plasma renin concentration (PRC) remained elevated. These reductions in BP and PRA were greater than for those patients treated with ramipril (ACE-I[4]) who also showed elevated PRC (Poster P - 445). 2. Two weeks and four weeks after patients stopped receiving SPP100 based therapy, they st...

Speedel Reports Successful SPP635 Phase IIa Trial in Hypertension

...n Y et al. Aliskiren, a novel renin inhibitor, has greater BP lowering than ramipril and additional BP lowering when combined with ramipril in patients with diabetes and hypertension. European Society of Hypertensio...

Ramipril in Biological News

Blood pressure drug telmisartan shows powerful activity against stroke

...ted two drugs -- telmisartan and an ACE inhibitor, ramipril (Altace) -- in a rat model long favored by stroke ... received either no medication, telmisartan alone, ramipril alone, or the two drugs together at either full- o...d signs of stroke, as did 56 percent of rats given ramipril alone. However, no strokes were noted in the telmi...

USP awards verified mark to Dr. Reddy's Laboratories, Ltd. ingredients

...Reddys Laboratories, Ltd. in Hyderabad, India. The two drug substances are ramipril and Finasteride. Dr. Reddys may now use this special mark on its certificat...t the CPhI trade show in Milan on October 2. The certificate will recognize ramipril and Finasteride as the first drug substances to earn the USP verification m...