Daiichi Sankyo, Inc. announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the hypertension treatment Benicar® (olmesartan medoxomil) for use in children and adolescents 6 to 16 years of age.(1) Benicar was originally approved in 2002 for the treatment of hypertension in adults. Approximately 5 percent or 3.6 million American children suffer from high blood pressure, with the majority unaware they have the condition.(2)(3) Studies have also found that the average blood pressure of American children is on the rise, in parallel with the increase of children's weight...
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