The incidence of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is rare in France, but it carries a high economic burden, a new study showed. The data were reported in “Hospital Burden of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in France,” a study published in the journal PLOS ONE. Economic studies on the…
Adverse effects are associated with poor adherence to phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitors (PDE-5I) as treatment for patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) treated via an integrated care model at an academic institution. Hospitalization events, out-of-pocket costs and frequency of dosing did not play a role, a study shows. Led by researchers at…
New data support the safety and effectiveness of TIVUS (therapeutic intra-vascular ultrasound) for patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) on a stable treatment regimen. The data were recently presented at the annual meeting of the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EuroPCR), in Paris. In PAH, small arteries inside…
Dacomitinib, a medicine recently approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of certain forms of lung cancer, showed promising therapeutic effects in two animal models of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), a study reports. The study, “Dacomitinib, a New Pan-EGFR Inhibitor, is Effective in…
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries announced the launch of a generic version of Adcirca (tadalafil) under the brand name ALYQ for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) in the United States. PAH is characterized by the narrowing of blood vessels (vasoconstriction) in the lungs, which leads to high blood…
Plans to create and license diagnostic tools to help transplant surgeons rapidly and accurately assess the health of a lung before it is transplanted are the basis of two research and development agreements between SQI Diagnostics and Toronto’s University Health Network (UHN), in Canada. There is a significant gap between the…
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