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Team PHenomenal Hope Gears Up for 6th Annual 5K Fundraiser

As they have for the past five years, members of the pulmonary hypertension (PH) community are preparing to participate in PHenomenal Hope 5K, an event established to raise disease awareness and research funds for Team PHenomenal Hope. Held this year on April 27, the flat-course event will begin and…

Mallinckrodt’s INOmax Approved in Australia for Adults with Perioperative PH and Heart Surgery

The health regulatory agency for Australia has approved Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals‘ INOmax (nitric oxide) gas for inhalation as a treatment for adult patients with perioperative pulmonary hypertension (PH) in combination with cardiovascular (heart) surgery. INOmax is a vasodilator inhalation device that works by widening and relaxing blood vessels…

FDA Agrees to Change Study of Bellerophon’s INOpulse for PH-ILD Patients

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has agreed to change the ongoing Phase 2b study  evaluating INOpulse in patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH) associated with interstitial lung disease (PH-ILD) into a Phase 2/3 clinical trial, the therapy’s manufacturer, Bellerophon Therapeutics, announced. With this decision the agency also agreed to change the…