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July 27, 2017July 27, 2017

Survival Rate Is Higher for PH Patients Who Are Put on a Transplant Priority List, Study Shows

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The survival rate of pulmonary hypertension patients who received heart and lung transplants increased after France began giving transplant priority to those experiencing life-threatening episodes, a study reports. The ... Read more

July 24, 2017July 26, 2017

Two Pulmonary Hypertension Groups Sign Up for ZappRx’s Streamlined Prescription-ordering Service

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Two pulmonary hypertension treatment groups are now working with a company that helps doctors to streamline the complex process of obtaining insurance company sign-offs on speciality prescriptions, which can take weeks. Arizona Pulmonary Specialists in Phoenix ... Read more

July 18, 2017July 18, 2017

Mount Sinai, Theragene Form Partnership to Move Potential PH Gene Therapy to Clinical Development

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New York’s Mount Sinai and Theragene Pharmaceuticals have joined efforts to move a novel investigational aerosol-delivered gene therapy to treat pulmonary hypertension (PH) into a clinical development program. The new therapy, ... Read more

July 14, 2017July 14, 2017

Aironite Mist Lowers Blood Pressure in Hearts of Pulmonary Hypertension Patients, Trial Update Shows

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Savara’s inhaled sodium nitrite therapy Aironite lowered blood pressure in the upper and lower heart chambers and pulmonary artery of pulmonary hypertension patients, according to an update of a ... Read more

July 10, 2017July 10, 2017

Adipsin Protein Is a Biomarker of PAH Associated with Systemic Sclerosis, Study Finds

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Elevated levels of a protein called adipsin, produced by adipose or fat tissue, was found to be associated with an increased risk of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and associated cardiovascular ... Read more

June 30, 2017June 30, 2017

Higher Mortality After Bilateral Lung Transplant in Patients with Both COPD and Pulmonary Hypertension, Study Finds

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Pulmonary hypertension (PH) in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) was associated with higher mortality rates after bilateral lung transplantation (transplantation of both lungs), but not after single ... Read more

June 22, 2017June 22, 2017

Icagen and Omdana Are Collaborating on Pulmonary Hypertension Therapies

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Icagen and Omdana Therapeutics are teaming up to develop treatments for pulmonary hypertension (PH) and other vascular remodeling diseases, and tissue disorders. At the heart of the collaboration will be a joint ... Read more

June 21, 2017June 21, 2017

Johnson & Johnson Completes Acquisition of Actelion, a Leader in Pulmonary Hypertension Therapies

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Johnson & Johnson has completed its acquisition of Actelion, a company that develops pulmonary hypertension therapies, six months after the deal was announced in January. Actelion is now part of J&J’s Janssen Pharmaceuticals ... Read more

June 20, 2017June 23, 2017

New Pulmonary Hypertension Awareness Campaign Features Singer Traci Braxton

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A new Pulmonary Hypertension Association awareness campaign is featuring singer Traci Braxton, who has two sisters with related diseases. The public service ads, an extension of a previous awareness effort, are ... Read more

May 31, 2017May 31, 2017

PDE5 Inhibitors Can Help Some Pulmonary Hypertension Patients With Left Heart Disease

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Compounds that increase the amount of blood flowing through heart vessels can benefit people with pulmonary hypertension (PH) and chronic left heart disease who have decreased blood-pumping ability, according ... Read more