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The Alexion Charitable Foundation has awarded $1.1 million in grants to programs that support those with rare diseases during the COVID-19 pandemic, the organization recently announced. The grants will support activities that align with the foundation’s Rare Belonging focus, a set of funding priorities aimed at improving the…

Increasing the levels of a tiny RNA molecule known as microRNA-483 enhanced the function of endothelial cells and eased the symptoms of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) in rat models of the disease, a new study shows. The results support the potential of microRNA-483 as a potential therapy for PAH. The study,…

Gene expression patterns in the lungs can help distinguish pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) from pulmonary veno-occlusive disease (PVOD) — a subtype in which the narrowing of veins, instead of arteries, causes pulmonary hypertension — with high accuracy, a study reported. Findings also showed that lung diseases share similar alterations…

Kalytera Therapeutics has announced positive early results for R-107, a liquid form of nitric oxide designed to treat pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) associated with COVID-19. Nitric oxide, known as NO, is a gas naturally present in the…

Aerami Therapeutics has entered an agreement with Vectura Group to develop and commercialize an inhaled form of imatinib — an approved cancer therapy — for the treatment of people with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). Under the agreement, Aerami will be solely responsible for developing this new…

CAR peptide (CAR), Vascular BioSciences’ lead therapeutic peptide candidate for pulmonary hypertension (PH) and other disorders, was found to increase the efficacy of Remodulin (treprostinil) at reducing clinical signs of PH and prolonging the survival of a rat model of the disease. These preclinical findings were…

The Black Women’s Health Imperative (BWHI) recently created a Rare Disease Diversity Coalition focused on reducing racial disparities in the rare disease community. Getting a timely and accurate diagnosis for a disease that few people — sometimes even physicians — have heard of is challenging on its own merit.

People with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) who were treated with Uptravi (selexipag) had a lower risk and rate of hospitalization than those taking Orenitram (treprostinil), a real-world analysis revealed. The study,…

Six weeks of treatment with levosimendan significantly lowered pressure on the heart and improved physical capacity among people with pulmonary hypertension and heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (PH-HFpEF), findings from a Phase 2 trial show. The investigational treatment, by Tenax Therapeutic, however, did…

Bayer has opened its second annual Pulmonary Hypertension Accelerated Bayer (PHAB) Awards, a grant funding program to support clinical research projects into pulmonary hypertension (PH), particularly those focused on pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH). The program, one of…

A composite assessment of voice features may be able to monitor changes in the pulmonary arteries of people with pulmonary hypertension (PH) who are at risk of heart failure, helping identify those more likely to experience poor outcomes, a study found. While these patients usually require invasive tests to…

Pulmonary artery denervation was found to be safe and to improve the health of people with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), according to results of an early clinical trial. The study, “Intravascular Ultrasound Pulmonary Artery Denervation to Treat Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (TROPHY1),” was published in the journal …