SteadyMed announced that it recently completed the manufacturing of required batches of its drug candidate Trevyent, designed to treat pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). The work will allow the company to evaluate the therapy’s shelf-life in advance of submitting a New Drug Application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) early next year.
Karos Pharmaceuticals announced that is advancing its small molecule drug candidate, KAR5585, in clinical testing as a treatment for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and other rare diseases characterized by fibrosis. A number of agents have recently been introduced as therapeutic drugs for PAH. Among them, KAR5585 is a first-in-class, selective inhibitor of an enzyme…
A recent study suggests that RNA fragments called microRNAs (miRNAs), long thought of as genetic “junk,” actually control the production of endothelial cells, whose over-proliferation is responsible for the development of pulmonary hypertension (PH). The study, published in the Experimental Biology and Medicine journal, is titled “microRNA-125a in pulmonary…
A recent perspective study explores catheter therapies as an alternative treatment for patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) who do not respond well to traditional medication. The paper, written by a researcher from the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, is titled “Catheter-Based Therapies for Patients With…
A recent review study has found that patients with HIV in Africa have a higher than average prevalence of developing pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). The study, entitled “HIV related pulmonary arterial hypertension: epidemiology in Africa, physiopathology, and role of antiretroviral treatment,” was published in the AIDS Research and…
Recently published research reveals that orthopedic (musculoskeletal) surgery in patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH), while challenging, is feasible and offers decent outcomes even in severe stages of the disease, provided proper care is given. The paper entitled “Perioperative management of patients with severe pulmonary hypertension in major orthopedic surgery: experience-based recommendations“ was published in…
A recently published paper in Journal of Pathology and Translational Medicine entitled “Therapeutic Effects of Umbilical Cord Blood Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Conditioned Medium on Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in Rats” suggests that human umbilical cord blood-derived mesenchymal stem cells (hUCB-MSCs) may be useful…
In a recent collaborative research project published in the PLOS one journal entitled “Risk Factors of Pulmonary Hypertension in Brazilian Patients with Sickle Cell Anemia,” researchers suggest that patients suffering from sickle cell anemia (SCA) have higher risks for developing pulmonary hypertension (PH). Sickle-cell…
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