Bevantolol (INN) was a drug candidate for angina and hypertension that acted as both a beta blocker and a calcium channel blocker.[1][2] It was discovered and developed by Warner-Lambert[3] but in January 1989 the company announced that it had withdrawn the New Drug Application; the company's chairman said: "Who needs the 30th beta blocker?"[4] As of 2016 it wasn't marketed in the US, UK, or Europe and the authors of a Cochrane review could find no product monograph for it.[5]

References

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  2. ^ Vaughan Williams EM (July 1987). "Bevantolol: a beta-1 adrenoceptor antagonist with unique additional actions". Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. 27 (7): 450–60. doi:10.1002/j.1552-4604.1987.tb03049.x. PMID 2888789. S2CID 72749127.
  3. ^ McPherson EM (2007). Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Encyclopedia (3rd ed.). Burlington: Elsevier. pp. 618–619. ISBN 9780815518563.
  4. ^ "Warner-Lambert Pipeline Narrowed to 40 Active Research Compounds". Pink Sheet. 30 January 1989.
  5. ^ Wong GW, Boyda HN, Wright JM (March 2016). "Blood pressure lowering efficacy of beta-1 selective beta blockers for primary hypertension". The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 3 (4): CD007451. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD007451.pub2. PMC 6486283. PMID 26961574.