King 3Q profit falls on charges, but tops forecast Nov 6, 2009
Revenue from branded drugs fell 6 percent to $283 million in the quarter, due primarily to generic competition for the blood-pressure medication Altace, and lower sales of the bleeding-control drug Thrombin-JMI.. King recorded $96 million in revenue from its animal health business, which it acquired in the Alpharma deal. (Yahoo News -- Pharmaceutical Industry News)
King Pharmaceuticals reports 2Q profit drop Aug 7, 2009
Revenue from branded drugs fell 13 percent to $275 million in the quarter, due primarily to generic competition for the blood-pressure medication Altace. King also said it repaid $152 million of principal in the quarter on the $625 million in long-term debt it incurred due to its acquisition of rival Alpharma Inc., which it bought for $1. (Yahoo News -- Pharmaceutical Industry News)
Some Blood Pressure Drugs May Block Dementia Jul 25, 2009
Centrally acting ACE inhibitors include captropril (Capoten), fosinopril (Monopril), lisinopril (Priniliv or Zestri), perindopril (Aceon), ramipril (Altace) and trandolapril (Mavik). 2009 Newsmax. (Newsmax)
Some blood pressure drugs may help protect against dementia, study shows Jul 23, 2009
Centrally-acting ACE inhibitors include captropril (Capoten), fosinopril (Monopril), lisinopril (Prinivil or Zestri), perindopril (Aceon), ramipril (Altace) and trandolapril (Mavik). For the study, researchers analyzed data from the Cardiovascular Health Study, a long-term study of cardiovascular risk factors that involved 5,888 people over 65 years old from Forsyth County, N.C.; Sacramento County, Calif. (EurekAlert!)
Big NFL players are prone to high blood pressure (AP) Jun 22, 2009
Big NFL players are prone to high blood pressure - Yahoo. Search Type Choose a search type from the items below. (Yahoo News -- Politics)
Watson to go global with $1.75 billion Arrow buy Jun 20, 2009
Arrow, which has about 1,000 employees worldwide, operates in the United States and Canada as Cobalt Pharmaceuticals, which recently has had a big product launch with a generic version of King Pharmaceuticals' (KG.N) Altace blood pressure drug. At 2. (Yahoo News -- Pharmaceutical Industry News)
Watson Pharma to Buy Arrow Group for $1.75B Jun 18, 2009
Arrow also sells a generic version of the blood pressure drug Altace, or ramipril, said Watson CEO Paul Bisaro. It is also one of the companies challenging the patent on AstraZeneca PLC's asthma drug Pulmicort, and has the right to start selling a generic version of Sepracor Inc.'s respiratory drug Xopenex starting in August 2012. (ABC News -- Wire)
Drugs That Increase Health Insuranc... Mar 3, 2009
Altace (high blood pressure) ; $190 to $245. Remicade and Enbrel are the highest costing drugs, experiencing higher usage from older age groups. (Suite101.com)
