The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics
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ISSUE 1474
August 3, 2015
Issue 1474
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Sacubitril/Valsartan (Entresto) for Heart Failure
August 3, 2015 (Issue: 1474)
The FDA has approved Entresto (Novartis), an oral
fixed-dose combination of the neprilysin inhibitor
sacubitril and the angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB)
valsartan, to reduce the risk of cardiovascular death
and heart failure hospitalization in patients with
heart failure with reduced ejection fraction. Sacubitril
is the first neprilysin inhibitor to become available in
the US.
... more
- Drugs for chronic heart failure. Med Lett Drugs Ther 2015; 57:9.
- O Vardeny et al. Combined neprilysin and renin-angiotensin system inhibition for the treatment of heart failure. JACC Heart Fail 2014; 2:663.
- JJ McMurray et al. Angiotensin-neprilysin inhibition versus enalapril in heart failure. N Engl J Med 2014; 371:993.
- M Packer et al. Angiotensin receptor neprilysin inhibition compared with enalapril on the risk of clinical progression in surviving patients with heart failure. Circulation 2015; 131:54.

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