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Bellerophon Enrolls First Patient in Phase 2b Trial of INOpulse as Treatment for ILD-linked PH

Bellerophon Therapeutics has enrolled the first patient in a Phase 2b clinical trial evaluating INOpulse as a treatment for pulmonary hypertension associated with interstitial lung disease, or PH-ILD. The trial (NCT03267108) will assess the safety and effectiveness of Bellerophon’s pulsed, inhaled nitric oxide treatment for people with PH-ILD, including…

Top 10 Pulmonary Hypertension Articles of 2017

Important research findings, therapy advances, and other events related to pulmonary hypertension were reported daily in Pulmonary Hypertension News during 2017. Now that the year is over, it’s time to briefly review the articles that appealed most to our readers. Here are the Top 10 most-read articles of 2017, with a brief description of…

Phase 1 Trial for Camurus’ Long-acting CAM2043 Gets Underway

The first healthy participants have been injected with CAM2043 (treprostinil FluidCrystal Injection Depot) in a Phase 1 study assessing the treatment’s safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetics in both single and repeated doses, the Swedish pharmaceutical company Camurus announced. CAM2043 contains treprostinil, a therapy that is effective for treating pulmonary…

High Costs, Poor Survival in Scleroderma Patients with PAH Point to Need for Better Treatments, Study Argues

Scleroderma patients with newly diagnosed pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) have significantly higher healthcare costs than those without PAH, a Colorado study shows. The researchers said scleroderma patients with interstitial lung disease (ILD) also face higher costs. Both lung conditions are associated with poorer scleroderma patient survival, demonstrating the  need for…