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Subcutaneous Treprostinil Used to Treat PAH Infants

Although pulmonary hypertension and chronic lung disease are usually associated with adults, some cases develop in infancy. Dina Ferdman, MD, from Columbia University Medical Center, is finding a way to treat infant patients, who were premature and have severe pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and chronic lung disease, using…

Making Pulmonary Pressure Measurements Safer For PH Patients Using Ultrasound

A group of researchers from Flinders Medical Centre and Flinders University in Australia are working to make measuring pulmonary pressures safer for patients with pulmonary hypertension. Their study, published in Critical Ultrasound Journal,investigated the use of ultrasound-echocardiography for estimating mean pulmonary arterial pressure in critically ill patients. Although…

PAH Drug Developer Bellerophon Therapeutics Names Jonathan Peacock Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Bellerophon Therapeutics, a biotherapeutics company working on a therapeutic treatment for pulmonary arterial hypertension, announced yesterday that Jonathan Peacock has been appointed chairman and chief executive officer. A graduate in Economics from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, Peacock, who will replace Daniel Tassé in the role of chairman and…

Reata Begins Enrollment For PAH – LARIAT Phase 2 Study Examining Bardoxolone Methyl for Treating Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Irving, Texas based Reata Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has enrolled the first patient in a Phase 2 dose ranging study examining the safety, tolerability, and efficacy of bardoxolone methyl in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). PAH is a life-threatening disease involving endothelial dysfunction, vasoconstriction in small pulmonary arteries, aberrant…

SteadyMed Establishes New Agreement With Bespak Europe for PAH Treatment

SteadyMed Therapeutics, a pharmaceutical company focused on developing drugs to treat underserved medical needs in orphan and high value disease states, recently announced a development and manufacturing agreement with Bespak Europe, a Consort Medical company and supplier of drug delivery devices for injectable and inhaled products. The two companies will join efforts to produce…


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