New Twice-Yearly Injections May 'Help Millions' With High Blood Pressure

As part of a global trial called KARDIA-2, researchers injected people with hard-to-treat high blood pressure with a medication called zilebesiran. 

This is designed to be administered every six months.

It was given to 663 people with poorly-managed hypertension (high blood pressure) alongside their existing treatment. 

The participants’ hypertension was not well managed with their existing medication. 

The results, published in JAMA Network, suggest these injections may...