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The Burbank, California-based non-profit phaware is a global association dedicated to creating awareness about pulmonary hypertension through engagement and technological innovation to discover and chart the course to a cure. Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a rare, chronic lung disease that affects the functioning of the heart and can lead to fatal…

The American Heart Association (AHA) and American Thoracic Society (ATS) have issued new guidelines pertaining to Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension. The revisions come as a result of collaboration between the agencies and were developed in a joint effort by an interdisciplinary team of 27 experienced clinicians and clinician-scientists in a review…

Dublin, Ireland, based biopharmaceutical company Mallinckrodt plc reports that its INOmax (nitric oxide) vasodilator inhalation device has received regulatory approval in Australia and Japan for treating pulmonary hypertension in conjunction with heart surgery. The Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has approved INOmax for peri- and post-operative pulmonary hypertension…

Irving, Texas-based Reata Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced initial data from the LARIAT (A Dose-Ranging Study of the Efficacy and Safety of Bardoxolone Methyl in Patients with Pulmonary Hypertension) trial (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02036970) evaluating bardoxolone methyl in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) patients at the annual meeting of the 2015…

October 13 is World Thrombosis Day, an event that increases global awareness and focuses attention on the often overlooked and misunderstood disease of thrombosis as an urgent and growing health problem. In recognition of World Thrombosis Day and the seriousness and prevalence of venous thromboembolism (VTE), the Montreal,…

Launching today, the Burbank, California-based phaware global association (phaware) is a new non-profit organization and website founded by a group of pulmonary hypertension (PH) awareness advocates. The main purpose of phaware is to reach the general public, news media, and potential donors in order to…

Revised international treatment guidelines for Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) suggest use of OFEV (nintedanib), a proprietary drug from Ingelheim, Germany, based Boehringer Ingelheim Corporation for the treatment of the disease. This newly-added recommendation places high value on potential benefits of OFEV on patient-important outcomes such as slowing of disease…

Inhaled nitric oxide (NO) is a proven life-saving therapy for newborns, children and adults with several dangerous conditions, including Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH) and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). However the treatment availability to patients has been limited due to the size, weight, and complexity of equipment needed to administer…

The Mayo Clinic’s Jacksonville, Florida unit and Silver Spring, Maryland-based biotechnology company United Therapeutics Corporation have announced that they will collaborate on construction and operation of a lung restoration center to be located on Mayo’s Jacksonville campus. The project’s goal is to significantly increase the volume of lungs…

Affecting more than 80 million Americans each year, poor sleep quality has been associated with increased risks of stroke, dementia, headaches and several cardiovascular issues, including atrial fibrillation, and heart failure. Sleep disorders are also believed to be a factor contributing to pulmonary hypertension. Despite increasing numbers of people diagnosed…

The U.K.’s Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, has announced that the University of Sheffield will be awarded £7.5 million to expand development of its world-leading clinical lung imaging research — technology that may lead to significant advances in treating a wide range of pulmonary disease, including Pulmonary Hypertension.

A team of researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Florida have identified a pulmonary hypertension treatment using a drug grown in the leaves of plants from Penn’s high-tech greenhouse. This potential mode of therapy, addressing a disease for which few therapy options exist,…