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Nature Reviews Drug Discovery 5, 453–454 (1 June 2006) | doi:10.1038/nrd2069

Ranolazine

Jonathan Abrams , Carole A. Jones & Peter Kirkpatrick

Ranolazine (Ranexa; Cardiovascular Therapeutics) was approved by the US FDA for the treatment of chronic angina in January 2006. It is the first drug in a new class for treating this condition to be approved in the United States in more than 20 years.