Scientists Explore the Epigenetic Causes of PAH
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Scientists Explore the Epigenetic Causes of PAH

  Recently, researchers from European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) looked to understand the cause of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). They collaborated with Stanford University through the Life Sciences Alliance. Because…

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Phase 4 Trial Shows Opsumit Can Improve Ventricle Function for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Patients
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Phase 4 Trial Shows Opsumit Can Improve Ventricle Function for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Patients

A recent Phase 4 study has shown that Opsumit can improve function of the right heart ventricle for patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). The right ventricle pumps blood to…

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FDA Accepts NDA for a Potential Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Treatment
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FDA Accepts NDA for a Potential Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Treatment

According to a story from globenewswire.com, the biopharmaceutical company Liquidia Technologies, Inc. just announced that the company's New Drug Application (NDA) has been officially accepted by the US Food and…

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Two Part Treatment Proven Superior for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
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Two Part Treatment Proven Superior for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

According to a story from Pulmonary Hypertension News, the results of a recent phase 3 clinical trial have determined that patients with connective tissue disease-associated pulmonary arterial hypertension (CTD-PAH) stand…

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Anticoagulation Beneficial for Idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
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Anticoagulation Beneficial for Idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

According to a story from Pulmonary Advisor, the results of a recent analysis led researchers to conclude that systemic anticoagulation therapy can be beneficial for patients with idiopathic pulmonary arterial…

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Can This Hormone That Regulates Sleep Treat Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Symptoms?
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Can This Hormone That Regulates Sleep Treat Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Symptoms?

According to a story from Pulmonary Hypertension News, the results of a recent mouse study has produced some remarkable results. The study found that melatonin, a naturally occurring hormone in…

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Researchers Identify Method to Help Detect Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in Systemic Sclerosis Patients
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Researchers Identify Method to Help Detect Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in Systemic Sclerosis Patients

According to a story from Pulmonary Hypertension News, a recent study has determined that cardiopulmonary exercise testing can be an effective method to help identify systemic sclerosis patients that are…

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Dr. Marc Bonaca Presents Insight Into Future Trends for Cardiovascular Disease and the Need For Teamwork

Dr. Marc Bonaca, a cardiologist with the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, recently gave a presentation at the Las Vegas 2019 VIVA conference on trends in vascular disease. As reported in…

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Blood-Derived Biomarkers and Right Ventricular Function: Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension and Congenital Heart Disease

According to a posting from clinicaltrials.gov, an observational study will be focused on the identification of biomarkers for pediatric congenital heart disease and pulmonary arterial hypertension. Biomarkers derived from the…

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FDA Announces Label Expansion for Treprostinil to treat Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
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FDA Announces Label Expansion for Treprostinil to treat Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

According to a story from MDMag, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recently approved a label expansion for the drug treprostinil (marketed as Orentiram). This update to the…

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Company Earns Breakthrough Device Designation for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
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Company Earns Breakthrough Device Designation for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

According to a story from Benzinga, the medical device company V-Wave Ltd. has recently announced that a product in development by the company has earned Breakthrough Device designation from the…

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An Experimental Treatment for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Just Earned Orphan Drug Designation

According to a story from firstworldpharma.com, the biopharmaceutical company Acceleron Pharma, Inc., recently announced that the company's experimental product candidate sotatercept has earned Orphan Drug designation from the US Food…

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Phase 2a Trial of Experimental Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Drug Begins
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Phase 2a Trial of Experimental Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Drug Begins

According to a story from BioSpace, the biopharmaceutical company Altavant Sciences has recently announced that the first patient has been dosed in a phase 2a proof of concept trial. This…

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Extension Trial Finds That Orenitram Improves Walking Distance in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
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Extension Trial Finds That Orenitram Improves Walking Distance in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

According to a story from Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension News, data from an open label extension trial of the drug Orenitram as a treatment for pulmonary arterial hypertension has demonstrated that…

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Study Finds Poor Adherence to PDE-5I Drugs Can Have Consequences in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
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Study Finds Poor Adherence to PDE-5I Drugs Can Have Consequences in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

According to a story from Pulmonary Hypertension News, a recent study has found that lapses in treatment adherence can result in serious side effects for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) patients…

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Issues with Quality Assurance of Generic Drugs and How We Can Improve the Process

What are Generic Drugs? Generic drugs are any medications "equivalent" to brand name pharmaceuticals. These drugs are much cheaper than the brand name medications and the United States Food and…

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Study Finds Similar Survival Rates in Idiopathic and Disease Associated Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
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Study Finds Similar Survival Rates in Idiopathic and Disease Associated Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

According to a story from Pulmonary Hypertension News, a recent study found that patients with disease-associated pulmonary arterial hypertension had similar rates of survival compared to patients with idiopathic pulmonary…

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Singer Charity Sunshine Tillemann-Dick Passed Away From Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension at Age 35

According to a story from radio.wpsu.org, soprano singer Charity Sunshine Tillemann-Dick recently passed away at the young age of 35 because of pulmonary arterial hypertension, a rare condition of increased…

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Development of “Add-on” Therapy for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Ends After Poor Trial Showing
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Development of “Add-on” Therapy for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Ends After Poor Trial Showing

According to a story from Pulmonary Hypertension News, the drug developer United Therapeutics recently issued a statement in which the company announced that it was ceasing the development of esuberaprost…

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