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Allrock gets financing to start trial of PH treatment this year

Allrock Bio has raised $50 million in financing to support the clinical development of pulmonary hypertension (PH) treatment ROC-101. The company said it will use the funds to launch a Phase 2a clinical trial to test ROC-101 in people with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) or pulmonary hypertension associated…

6-part special podcast series aims to raise awareness of Meth-PAH

Phaware, a global advocacy organization, is launching a special podcast series to raise awareness of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) caused by the use of methamphetamine, a stimulant drug known for its psychoactive effects. Methamphetamine-induced PAH is now known simply as Meth-PAH. The six-episode series, part of the “…

PEA surgery may be more effective than BPA for CTEPH: Study

Pulmonary endarterectomy (PEA), a surgery to remove blood clots in individuals with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH), may be more effective in improving pulmonary circulation and heart function than balloon pulmonary angioplasty (BPA), according to a recent study. After treatment, a higher proportion of patients in the BPA group…

Stanford awarded NIH grant for PAH treatment clinical trial

Stanford University has been awarded a grant from the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) to begin a Phase 2 clinical trial of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) treatment tiprelestat, the treatment’s developer announced. Tiakis Biotech said tiprelestat was found to be safe in earlier clinical trials involving more…

Device can detect PH missed by other testing methods: Case series

Corvista Health’s point-of-care device can detect cases of pulmonary hypertension (PH) that other noninvasive diagnostic tools miss, according to a recent case series. “By enabling physicians to identify pulmonary hypertension within minutes, non-invasively, and even when traditional tests fail, we are offering a new standard of care that…

Mosliciguat for PH-ILD granted orphan drug status in Japan

Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) has granted orphan drug designation to mosliciguat, an investigational inhalation therapy that Pulmovant is developing to treat pulmonary hypertension associated with interstitial lung disease (PH-ILD). The MHLW gives this designation to experimental medicines intended to treat conditions affecting fewer than…

PH patients face care barriers from diagnosis to treatment

People with pulmonary hypertension (PH) face significant obstacles when seeking timely care, with barriers arising at each stage from symptom onset through diagnosis and treatment, according to interviews with patients and healthcare providers. Those barriers included a lack of PH knowledge among non-specialists, symptoms being dismissed, and limited access…

At diagnosis, Black PAH patients have more severe disease: Study

At diagnosis, Black people with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) tend to have more severe disease than their non-Black counterparts, a new U.S. study shows. The study, done using data from the University of Illinois Health Pulmonary Hypertension Clinic, further indicated that Black people being evaluated for PAH also tend…

Using 4-drug combination therapy adds up to healing in PAH

A 68-year-old man with severe pulmonary arterial hypertension, or PAH — high blood pressure in the lungs — and multiple coexisting conditions saw considerable improvements after being given combination therapy with four different medications, a case study from the U.S. reports. Gains were seen in blood flow measures, the…

Sildenafil-statin combo found to boost exercise capacity in COPD-PH

Treatment with a combination of sildenafil and statins improved exercise capacity and reduced pulmonary arterial pressure in people with pulmonary hypertension (PH) secondary to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) — a condition known for short as COPD-PH — according to a review study by scientists in China. These findings,…