BRISTOL, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The following was released on Saturday, May 19 and is being repeated. King Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE:KG) reported today that data from its Phase III clinical trial evaluating ALTACE® (ramipril) 20mg and the combination of ALTACE 20mg and hydrochlorothiazide (HCT) 25mg were presented this weekend at the American Society of Hypertension, Inc. (ASH) Twenty-Second Annual Scientific Meeting and Exposition (ASH 2007) in Chicago, Illinois. The clinical trial data showed that ALTACE 20mg resulted in significant reductions in systolic blood pressure (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP). ALTACE 20mg used in combination with HCT 25mg once daily as measured by a semi-automatic digital blood pressure device (office measurements) resulted in a statistically significant greater reduction of both seated DBP and seated SBP compared to monotherapy with HCT 25mg once daily or ALTACE 20mg once daily in patients with Stage 2 Essential Hypertension defined as blood pressure equal to or greater than 160 mmHg SBP or 100 mmHg DBP.
