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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…

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…

United Therapeutics and Mannkind Corporation are teaming up to develop a new inhaled therapy for pulmonary hypertension. The two companies worked together to develop Tyvaso DPI, a dry powder formulation that was approved in the U.S. in 2022 to improve exercise ability in people with…

Cereno Scientific has received fast track designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for CS1, its therapy candidate for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). “We are very pleased to have achieved Fast Track designation for CS1, which both validates the strength of our CS1 program and supports…

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…

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…

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,…

Yutrepia (inhaled treprostinil), an inhaled dry powder formulation of treprostinil for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and pulmonary hypertension (PH) associated with interstitial lung disease (PH-ILD), has been prescribed to more than 900 people with PAH and PH-ILD since its approval in the U.S. in May, according to…

A study found that changes in immune cell metabolism may underlie increases in inflammatory signaling molecules in people with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), suggesting that targeting immune cell metabolism could be a treatment strategy for the condition. The study, “Metabolic changes of peripheral blood mononuclear cells…

Tectonic Therapeutic plans to launch a Phase 2 clinical trial to test the impact of its therapy candidate TX45 on blood flow, or hemodynamics, in people with pulmonary hypertension and interstitial lung disease (PH-ILD). The move comes on the heels of positive results from part A of a…

People with portopulmonary hypertension (PoPH), a form of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) usually associated with liver disease, show lower five-year survival rates than people with other types of PAH. Common markers that help predict outcomes in other PAH forms failed to identify high-risk patients in this group, however. But…

A 5-year-old boy with a neuroblastoma developed pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) after receiving high-dose busulfan to prepare for a stem cell transplant, but diagnosing his condition early and treating it with three lung pressure-lowering medications led to a full recovery. This treatment approach has significantly increased survival in children…