Actelion Ltd. announced that it will give poster presentation of results from the Phase III GRIPHON clinical trial of selexipag (Uptravi®). The presentation, to be held at the American College of Chest Physicians’ CHEST Congress in Montréal, Canada, will discuss safety and efficacy results of the investigational drug in pulmonary…
In a new study, researchers have investigated the impact of cancer diagnosis on the prediction of right ventricular dysfunction (RVD) in acute pulmonary embolism (PE) patients using cardiac troponin I (cTnI). The study, entitled “Impact of cancer on the effectiveness of cardiac Troponin I to predict right ventricular…
Researchers at the Yale Cardiovascular Research Center have identified a specialized cell type involved in pulmonary hypertension pathogenesis. The research paper, entitled “Smooth muscle cell progenitors are primed to muscularize in pulmonary hypertension,” was published in Science Translational Medicine. Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a life-threatening…
Promising, new data from a clinical trial of Bellerophon Therapeutics’ product candidate developed under the INOpulse® program targeting pulmonary hypertension was recently presented at the European Respiratory Society (ERS) International Congress 2015. The results could eventually lead to an approved therapy for Pulmonary Hypertension associated with COPD. Pulmonary hypertension is characterized by…
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