title: Aliskiren: the first renin inhibitor for clinical treatment.
abstract: The first evidence of the existence of renin was presented over 100 years ago. However, the importance of renin and the renin-angiotensin system in the pathogenesis of cardiovascular disease was only fully realized in the 1970s. It was another 20 years before the first inhibitors of renin were available for clinical research. Here, we describe the discovery and development of aliskiren, an orally active renin inhibitor, which became the first drug in its class to receive regulatory approval. In 2007, it was approved for the treatment of hypertension by the US Food and Drug Administration and the European Medicines Agency.
authors.affiliation: Speedel, Hirschgässlein 11, Basel CH 4051, Switzerland. chris.jensen@speedel.com
authors.forename: Chris
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jensen
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Herold
authors.forename: Hans Rudolf
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Brunner
mesh_terms: D000577:Amides / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005650:Fumarates / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy*; D012084:Renin-Angiotensin System / Q000187:drug effects; D000092502:Renin Inhibitors
chemical_list: D000577:Amides; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents; D005650:Fumarates; D000092502:Renin Inhibitors; C446481:aliskiren