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EMA Grants Priority Medicines Designation to Sotatercept for PAH

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has granted priority medicines (PRIME) designation to investigational therapy sotatercept (ACE-011) for the treatment of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). This designation is given to medications in development that have the potential to treat conditions with an unmet medical need…

PAH Trials Pausing Enrollment for COVID-19, United Therapeutic Says

United Therapeutics has temporarily stopped enrolling patients in ongoing clinical trials of treprostinil-based therapies for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the company announced. Treprostinil is a man-made version of the hormone prostacyclin, a natural compound that helps blood vessels relax and widen, prevents arteries from blocking, and…

Benefits of Orenitram for PAH Patients Detailed in New Data

United Therapeutics’ Orenitram (treprostinil) improves heart function and lowers risk status in people with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) who had begun treatment with another approved therapy, new data from a Phase 3 clinical trial show. Moreover, compared with Actelion’s Uptravi (selexipag), treatment with Orenitram was linked to significantly…