INOmax In Australia and Japan for Pulmonary Hypertension Treatment

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Dublin, Ireland, based biopharmaceutical company Mallinckrodt plc reports that its INOmax (nitric oxide) vasodilator inhalation device has received regulatory approval in Australia and Japan for treating pulmonary hypertension in conjunction with heart surgery.

The Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has approved INOmax for peri- and post-operative pulmonary hypertension in conjunction with cardiovascular surgery in neonates through adolescents up to age 17. INOmax was previously approved in 2007 for the treatment of hypoxic respiratory failure (HRF) associated with pulmonary hypertension, a potentially life-threatening condition in newborns.

 

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Marta Ribeiro Marta graduated from Universidade Fernando Pessoa in Porto with a degree in Communication Sciences and a Masters degree in New Communication Technologies. She has experience in social media, worked with several media channels, and has also worked as a freelance photographer and a graphic artist for almost 10 years.

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Hypoxic respiratory failure, INOflo, Inomax, INOvent, Pulmonary hypertension (PHT), treatment

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