BASEL, SWITZERLAND and BRDGEWATER, NJ--(Marketwire - June 19, 2008) - Speedel Holding Ltd. (SWX: SPPN) today announced that data for two of its developmental product candidates were presented at Hypertension 2008, the joint meeting of the International Society of Hypertension (ISH) and the European Society of Hypertension (ESH) in Berlin (14- 19 June 2008). Results from the Phase IIa proof-of-concept trial with SPP635, one of the company’s next generation of renin inhibitors, demonstrated strong efficacy and good safety[2],[3]. Based on these results Speedel continues Phase IIa development in a special population of diabetic patients with mild-to-moderate hypertension. For SPP301, an endothelin receptor A antagonist in development for patients with diabetes, results of several pre-clinical investigations were presented[4],[5],[6].
