“Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.” My son Cullen could have been the poster child for this famous quote by Robert Collier. The 20th century American author of self-help books believed that “when it comes to finding true success, one needs to…

SteadyMed, Ltd., a company that develops products to treat orphan and high-value conditions with unmet parenteral delivery needs, recently announced that its lead product candidate, Trevyent® has been granted Orphan Drug Designation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH).

  Day 22 of 30 Days of PH⁣ Topic: How I Cope With PH This is Margarita’s Story @marmarango My name is Margarita Arango. I am 39, and my PAH journey has been a long one.  At 19, I experienced symptoms of rheumatoid…

U.S. specialty biopharmas SteadyMed and United Therapeutics both issued media releases recently commenting on a ruling by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) that declared invalid a United Therapeutics patent related to the drug treprostinil, a synthetic analogue of prostacyclin. Prostacyclin and its analogues are widely used in…

Photo courtesy of Roger Bliss Day 16 of 30 This is Roger Bliss’s story: When I was getting short of breath several years ago, I thought it was just from being out of shape and older. I am 68 now. At first, I was treated for COPD. I…

My family loved dogs before I even came into the picture. My parents’ first child was a golden retriever named Sadie. Although I don’t remember her, she lives on through our family’s dog stories. The first dog I remember properly, the one I’d consider my childhood pet, was Chester. We…

Days We counted time in days after my surgery. The first few were a blur. “How many days was I asleep?” I wondered. I was lucky. Thursday night, I went into the operating room. Friday night, I got off the ventilator. (Courtesy of Kathleen Sheffer)…

Since May, I’d been faced with a challenge familiar to many women: finding the perfect dress for a wedding. Two close friends of mine were married last weekend, and I had the honor of attending the wedding and reciting original poetry during the ceremony. After my heart-lung transplant in…

“The courage it takes to share your story might be the very thing someone else needs to open their heart to hope.” — Unknown My hands were clammy and my heart was racing as I waited to meet a prospective new primary care provider (PCP). I sat in the…

Have you ever nodded off at an inappropriate time? For a moment, your body gives in to fatigue. Your heavy eyelids begin to droop, and you start to ease into a peaceful slumber. It’s all going well until you are jolted awake by the force of your head dropping like…

The U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey has ruled in United Therapeutics Corporation‘s favor in the company’s case against Sandoz, regarding United Therapeutics’ Remodulin product. First approved in the United States in May 2002, Remodulin is a prostacyclin vasodilator used for the treatment of pulmonary arterial…

Today is Valentine’s Day, y’all. I know that some of you are eating fancy chocolates and sipping wine, all the while blowing kisses to your love. But for me, Valentine’s Day brings an outpouring of mixed emotions. Fifteen years ago, my life was dismantled in more ways than I can…