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June 5, 2020September 8, 2020

Bayer Offering Grants Up to $1M to Advance PAH, CTEPH Research and Care

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 ... Read more

June 3, 2020June 3, 2020

Voice Biomarker May Aid in Remote Monitoring for Heart Failure Risk

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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, ... Read more

May 22, 2020May 22, 2020

Nicotine Inhaled Often, as with E-cigarette Use, Linked to PH in Mice

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Chronic inhalation of nicotine, the addictive component of all tobacco products, is enough to trigger changes in pulmonary arteries and in the heart’s right chamber that can cause pulmonary ... Read more

May 15, 2020May 15, 2020

Obesity Linked to Lower Risk of Mortality in PH Patients, Study Finds

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Obesity is linked to a lower risk of mortality in patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH), particularly among those with precapillary PH, a study found. The study, “Obesity Is Associated ... Read more

May 13, 2020May 13, 2020

INOmax Use Aids Premature Babies with PH, Phase 4 Study Shows

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Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals’ INOmax (nitric oxide) gas improves oxygenation in premature newborns with pulmonary hypertension (PH) at least as effectively as it does in term and near-term babies, data from ... Read more

May 4, 2020May 4, 2020

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

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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 ... Read more

April 29, 2020April 29, 2020

Pulmonary Hypertension Association to Hold Virtual Fundraiser on World PH Day

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The Pulmonary Hypertension Association (PHA) will be participating in a fundraiser for World PH Day on May 5. World PH Day is an annual event that started in 2012 ... Read more

April 17, 2020April 17, 2020

Exosomes from Stem Cells May Slow Vascular Remodeling in PAH

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Small vesicles, called exosomes, released by mesenchymal stem cells helped to ease vascular remodeling in a rat model of pulmonary hypertension (PH), a study reports. The study “Mesenchymal stromal ... Read more

April 10, 2020April 10, 2020

HELP Trial Testing Levosimendan Infusion in PH-HFpEF Patients Completed

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Tenax Therapeutics has completed its Phase 2 HELP clinical trial testing levosimendan as a potential treatment for patients with pulmonary hypertension and heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (PH-HFpEF). Top-line trial ... Read more

April 3, 2020April 3, 2020

Experts Issue Guidance on Use of Oral PPAs, Like Uptravi, in Treating PAH

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A consensus on the use of oral prostacyclin pathway agents (PPAs), like Uptravi (selexipag), as an add-on to standard therapies for certain types of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) was ... Read more

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