Dual metalloprotease inhibitor of neutral endopeptidase (NEP) and angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE). Prepn: J. A. Robl et al., EP 629627; idem, US 5508272 (1994, 1996 both to Bristol-Myers Squibb); and pharmacological evaluation: idem et al., J. Med. Chem. 40, 1570 (1997). HPLC-MS determn in rat plasma: M. Jemal, D. J. Hawthorne, J. Chromatogr. B 698, 123 (1997). Antihypertensive activity in rats: N. C. Trippodo et al., Am. J. Hypertens. 11, 363 (1998). Clinical pharmacodynamics: C. Massien et al., Clin. Pharmacol. Ther. 65, 448 (1999). Review of pharmacology and clinical use: M. Weber, Am. J. Hypertens. 12, 139S-147S (1999). Clinical trial in heart failure: J. L. Rouleau et al., Lancet 356, 615 (2000).
Antihypertensive.
Vasopeptidase Inhibitor; Antihypertensive