Reviva Pharmaceuticals has obtained $4.8 million in financing to keep developing its treatments for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and other diseases. The financing, in the form of a loan that can be converted to stock, will help Reviva continue preparing for new clinical trials of its lead therapy, RP5063, Dr. Laxminarayan Bhat said…
The Pulmonary Hypertension Association has accredited three more regional clinics that have demonstrated an ability to deliver high-quality care to pulmonary hypertension (PH) patients. The three are the French Hospital Medical Center’s Central Coast Pulmonary Hypertension Center in San Luis Obispo, California; Sentara Norfolk General Hospital’s Pulmonary…
Two pulmonary arterial hypertension experts will speak to investment professionals at a gathering in New York this week that Arena Pharmaceuticals is holding. Arena will also discuss ralinepag (APD811), a treatment it is developing for PAH, at the event on May 25. The experts are Dr. Lewis Rubin, an emeritus professor…
Patient enrollment is complete in a Phase 2 clinical trial of ubenimex as an add-on to standard therapy for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), according to ubenimex’s developer, Eiger BioPharmaceuticals. Sixty-one patients at 45 sites in the United States and Canada have been enrolled in the LIBERTY trial (NCT02664558). The randomized, double-blind,…
Third Pole has won a Johnson & Johnson Innovation award for a lighter device that provides an unlimited supply of nitric oxide (NO) to patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH) and other respiratory conditions. The beauty of Third Pole’s Electric NO device, which won Johnson Innovation’s JLABS @ M2D2 QuickFire Challenge,…
The new pulmonary endarterectomy (PEA) surgery simulator — a 3D device developed by the National Research Council of Canada with support from Bayer — could potentially improve the lives of thousands of Canadians with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH). The first-of-its-kind simulator will allow surgeons to train more efficiently for surgery to treat CTEPH, a…
Germany’s enmodes won recognition at the recent 2017 Design of Medical Devices Conference in Minneapolis for its RAS-Q technology to help people with pulmonary hypertension (PH). RAS-Q is a respiratory assist device that offers comprehensive, fully portable, cost-effective and protective treatment for PH patients. One week before the April 9-12 conference where RAS-Q won an Emerging…
Movie-goers will be seeing pulmonary hypertension public service announcements at selected theaters in California, Nevada and Washington, beginning today, which is World PH Day. The Phaware Global Association and On the Wall Theater Advertising arranged for the I’m Aware That I’m Rare PSAs to run in 80 Galaxy theaters and IMAX…
SteadyMed announced it has received a U.S. patent for its PatchPump infusion system for injectable drugs, including Trevyent, the company’s lead candidate as a potential treatment for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). The patent, issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (No. 14/384,152), includes but is not limited to claims for a pump…
The Pulmonary Hypertension Association of Canada will be trying to persuade medical professionals to pay more attention to pulmonary hypertension (PH) as a possible cause of their patients’ respiratory-related symptoms. The association will start a campaign next month called Sometimes it’s PH to raise awareness practitioners’ awareness of PH. It chose…
Dr. C. Gregory Elliott has won the 2017 American Thoracic Society Public Advisory Roundtable William J. Martin, II Distinguished Achievement Award. This honor recognizes Elliott’s innovative leadership skills, history in public service and passion for his patients. Elliott, a pioneer member of the Pulmonary Hypertension Association (PHA), has made important contributions in…
The patch that delivers SteadyMed’s pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) treatment Trevyent (treprostinil) to patients is effective, safe and tolerable, according to a company study. Treprostinil is a vasodilatory prostacyclin analogue, or synthetic version of prostacyclin, a substance that helps prevent arteries from constricting and blood platelets from clumping together. Prostacyclin is deficient in…
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