Dual inhibitor of neutral endopeptidase (NEP) and angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE). Prepn: J. C. Danilewicz et al., EP 358398; idem, US 4975444 (both 1990 to Pfizer). Determn in plasma: R. F. Venn et al., J. Pharm. Biomed. Anal. 16, 875 (1998); and urine: eidem, ibid. 883. Clinical evaluations in hypertension: E. J. Wallis et al., Clin. Pharmacol. Ther. 64, 439 (1998); G. R. Norton et al., Am. J. Hypertens. 12, 563 (1999).
Antihypertensive.
Antihypertensive; Vasopeptidase Inhibitor