The Clinical Research Unit of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, has developed a breakthrough drug that can significantly reduce high blood pressure.
Director of the Clinical Research Unit, Professor Asitha de Silva, said at a media briefing that the research began nearly ten years ago and focused on combining three commonly used drugs into a single tablet for more effective treatment and patient convenience. 
Prof. Asitha de Silva
“Although there is no medicine that can completely cure high blood pressure, this new drug can effectively control it,” Professor de Silva said. “By combining three drugs into one, patients only need to take one tablet a day, and it has proven to control blood pressure in 88% of patients.”
He said that extensive clinical trials were completed in 2024, and the findings were submitted to the World Health Organization (WHO) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The FDA approved the drug in June, and the WHO added it to its Essential Medicines List in September this year.
Professor de Silva further emphasized that close control of high blood pressure using this drug could reduce the risk of stroke by as much as 60%.
(Source - Dailymirror)
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