Patent ID: 8796331

Claim:
A method for the treatment of a condition or disease selected from the group consisting of hypertension and heart failure, comprising administering to a patient in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of the combination of: (i) the AT 1-antagonist valsartan or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; (ii) the NEP inhibitor N-(3-carboxy-1-oxopropyl)-(4S)-(p-phenylphenylmethyl)-4-amino-2R-methylbutanoic acid ethyl ester or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or (2R,4S)-5-biphenyl-4-yl-4(3-carboxy-propionyl amino)-2-methyl-pentanoic acid or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; and wherein said components (i) and (ii) are administered in one unit dose form or in two separate unit dose forms.