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Bristol-Myers Squibb and California Institute For Biomedical Research Collaborate On Anti-Fibrotic Therapy

A new collaboration between Bristol-Myers Squibb and the California Institute for Biomedical Research (Calibr) was announced today. The new collaboration aims to develop new small molecule anti-fibrotic therapies and includes an agreement that enables Bristol-Myers Squibb to develop, produce and commercialize the preclinical compounds that can result from this…

First Results From a National Registry for Pulmonary Hypertension in Russia

Initial results are now available from a national registry that has been established in Russia to track individuals with pulmonary hypertension (PH), including chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH). The research was published in Russian in the journal Terapevticheskii Arkhiv (translated to Therapeutic Archive). PH is a serious disease involving high blood…

Top 14 Pulmonary Hypertension Stories of 2014

As the year 2014 comes to a close, Pulmonary Hypertension News – your reliable online source for the latest on pulmonary hypertension treatments, events, clinical trials, and research updates – brings you a concise outline of our “Top 14 Pulmonary Hypertension Stories of 2014:” No. 14 – “Pulmonary Hypertension, Other Lung…

Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in the US: How Much Does it Cost?

Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH)  is a rare condition characterized by high blood pressure of the lung arteries. It costs a great deal in human life lost and life impairment, but how much money is it costing to treat? A recent study published in BMC Health Services Research attempted to answer…

Actelion Looks to Bring New PAH Drug to Market

Biopharmaceutical company and leader in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) therapeutics, Actelion Ltd., has just announced it has filed a New Drug Application (NDA) with the US Food and Drug Administration for innovative PAH treatment Uptravi® (selexipag) — the first oral…

FDA Pre-market Approval for Remodulin Delivery with Implantable System Pending

United Therapeutics Corporation recently announced that Medtronic, Inc., the world’s third largest medical device company, has forwarded a pre-market approval application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for their proprietary SynchroMed® II implantable drug infusion system, along with a new catheter, to be used with United Therapeutics’s Remodulin® (treprostinil) injectable, formulated for intravenous treatment of…