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Iloprost, an inhaled solution, is approved for the management of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) in several countries, including the United States. A new study explored the drug’s effects in a Japanese population and found it to be both efficient and safe, a finding echoing results of previous studies largely conducted in…

A scientist from the Montreal Heart Institute (MHI) recently presented the results of a Phase 2 clinical trial demonstrating PulmoBind biomarker’s safety and the PulmoBind tomography (SPECT) scan’s ability to detect abnormalities in pulmonary hypertension (PH) patients . The presentation was made at the Annual Meeting of the…

The Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP), the scientific board of the European Medicines Agency (EMA), has “readopted” its positive opinion in support of Actelion’s Uptravi (selexipag) as a treatment for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). According to an Actelion press release, the “re-adoption” of the…

The Pulmonary Hypertension Association (PHA) recently announced the accreditation of two new Centers of Comprehensive Care and their inclusion in its Pulmonary Hypertension Care Centers (PHCC) initiative. PHA comprehensive care centers can now be found in 23 U.S. states, assisting and providing more treatment options for adults and children…

Marlene Rabinovitch, MD, a pediatric cardiology physician at Stanford Children’s Health and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford, will be honored for her life’s work and present the 2016 J. Burns Amberson Lecture at the American Thoracic Society (ATS)’s Annual Meeting, which will take place in San Francisco on May…

The use of a combination therapy in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) “significantly” reduced the risk of clinical worsening compared to monotherapy in those responding to treatment, according to a recent meta-analysis published in the journal The Lancet, titled “Combination therapy versus monotherapy for pulmonary arterial hypertension:…

Researchers recently investigated the link between thyroid gland function and idiopathic pulmonary hypertension, finding subclinical hypothyroidism in almost half of patients observed. The study, “Assessment of Thyroid Function in Idiopathic Pulmonary Hypertension,” was published in the Research in Cardiovascular Medicine journal. Idiopathic pulmonary hypertension is a rare and ultimately fatal…

Eiger BioPharmaceuticals recently announced that its protease inhibitor ubenimex has been granted Orphan Medicinal Product designation by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). The company will soon begin a Phase 2 clinical trial testing ubenimex in this patient group. The EMA designation covers…

People with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) show an increased prevalence of sleep disordered breathing, a condition predicted by low cardiac index, according to the study “Usefulness of Low Cardiac Index to Predict Sleep-Disordered Breathing in Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension,” published in the American Journal…

Pulmonary rehabilitation has been shown to significantly improve the quality of life of those affected by lung diseases, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), interstitial pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), or pulmonary hypertension (PH), a University of Kentucky news release reported. But what, exactly, is pulmonary rehabilitation? The American Association of…

Actelion has announced that its orally active pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) drug, Uptravi (selexipag), has been approved for the treatment of PAH patients by both the Therapeutic Goods Administration of Australia and the New Zealand Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority. The drug was recently approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)…

Pulmonary hemodynamic response to exercise can predict the transplant-free survival chances of people with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH), according to researchers at the University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland, studying the mean pulmonary arterial pressure to cardiac output (mPAP/CO) relationship during exercise in these patients. The research, titled “Pressure-flow during…