What’s new on the Pulmonary Hypertension Knowledge Sharing Platform – October 2026

October was a busy month for the pulmonary hypertension community. The Alliance for Pulmonary Hypertension added five new PEP Talks and, together with the European Pulmonary Fibrosis Federation (EU-PFF), held a webinar on pulmonary hypertension associated with interstitial lung disease. On the treatment front Gossamer Bio has submitted a New Drug Application (NDA) for seralutinib […]

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Extension Studies in Treprostinil Palmitil Inhalation Powder (TPIP) Show Promise in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and pulmonary hypertension associated with interstitial lung disease (PH-ILD), American Journal of Managed Care, October 20, 2026

At the annual meeting of the American College of Chest Physicians, October 18-21. 2026, Insmed presented new data on treprostinil palmitil inhalation powder. This is an investigational inhaled prostacyclin-pathway drug that is released slowly in the lungs, so a single daily dose works for 24 hours. Current inhaled treprostinil needs four sessions a day. In

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Update on investigational formulation of inhaled rapamycin (mTOR inhibitor) for multiple pulmonary diseases, including pulmonary hypertension associated with interstitial lung disease (PH-ILD) and bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome after lung transplant, October 9, 2026

Quince Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of novel, disease modifying therapies for serious underserved diseases, has announced that it has changed its name to IRulya Therapeutics Inc. IRulya will be focused on advancing LAM-001, an investigational formulation of inhaled rapamycin (mTOR inhibitor) for multiple pulmonary diseases. LAM-001 is a

Update on investigational formulation of inhaled rapamycin (mTOR inhibitor) for multiple pulmonary diseases, including pulmonary hypertension associated with interstitial lung disease (PH-ILD) and bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome after lung transplant, October 9, 2026 Read Post »

Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) in the era of obesity: navigating phenotypes of pulmonary hypertension, Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine, October 22, 2026

An article published recently on the Expert Review of Medicine reviews the epidemiology of obesity and its impact on pulmonary arterial hypertension. The typical patient has changed over the years from a young, lean, woman to an older person with other conditions such as obesity, diabetes or heart disease. Obesity is now one of the

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First Report of Real World Utilization of an Activin Signaling Inhibitor in Patients With Severe Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in the Middle East, Pulmonary Circulation, October 22, 2026

Researchers from a tertiary pulmonary hypertension expert center in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, conducted a retrospective single-center cohort study (PH RISE-ME) evaluating the real-world effectiveness and safety of sotatercept in adults with pulmonary arterial hypertension already on optimised background therapy. The findings reveal that adding sotatercept In this cohort was associated with improved right-heart

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Platelet–Albumin–Bilirubin Index (PALBI) for Predicting Hospitalization and Mortality in Pulmonary Hypertension, Circulation Journal, October 23, 2026

A retrospective study by researchers in Turkey looked at a simple index based on three routine blood measurements: platelets, albumin and bilirubin. The “PALBI” index reflects how pulmonary hypertension affects both the heart and the liver. Researchers applied it to 3,432 people, including 1,520 patients with pulmonary hypertension identified by echocardiography. The final cohort comprised

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Impaired BMPR2 signalling across pulmonary hypertension subgroups: a multicentre study, European Respiratory Journal Open Research, September 28, 2026

A multicentre German study, run at specialist centres in Heidelberg, Hannover and Giessen/Marburg, looked at the key gene in pulmonary hypertension, BMPR2. Changes in this gene cause most inherited cases of pulmonary arterial hypertension, and the biological pathway it controls is also the target of sotatercept. The researchers took blood samples from 234 people in

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Researchers at Brown University, USA, find that molecular profiles may help create more effective individualized treatment for pulmonary arterial hypertension, The Brown Daily Herald, October 15, 2026

In a retrospective study, researchers at Brown University looked back at data from patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension. Their cells had been collected from the lung blood vessels during routine catheter procedures. After they collected the cells, the researchers sequenced the cells’ RNA content. Next, they used a bioinformatics pipeline to determine which specific molecular

Researchers at Brown University, USA, find that molecular profiles may help create more effective individualized treatment for pulmonary arterial hypertension, The Brown Daily Herald, October 15, 2026 Read Post »

Alaunos Therapeutics has bought Velaris Therapeutics, which is developing four biological drugs for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and related heart and lung diseases, October 13, 2026

The pipeline VLR199 (the lead candidate): works in the same way as sotatercept (Winrevair), by trapping proteins of the activin family that drive the abnormal growth of cells in the lung vessels. The aim is to improve on aspects of sotatercept that may not be “fully optimised”. First clinical results showing whether it works are

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What’s new on the Pulmonary Hypertension Knowledge Sharing Platform – September 2026

September was a busy month in the pulmonary hypertension world, with the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and European Respiratory Society Congresses (ERS) bringing a wave of new research. The most important news is the update of the ERS Clinical Practice Guidelines for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), presented in Barcelona. AfPH Vice

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US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) updates Winrevair (sotatercept) label based on new trial data supporting earlier use in pulmonary arterial hypertension

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved an update to the US label for WINREVAIR (sotatercept-csrk), Merck’s activin signaling inhibitor for pulmonary arterial hypertension, to include efficacy and safety data from the Phase 3 HYPERION trial. The trial specifically evaluated adults newly diagnosed with pulmonary arterial hypertension — within 12 months of screening,

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Reduced brain blood flow, heart strain, and cognitive symptoms in pulmonary arterial hypertension, Therapeutic Advances in Respiratory Diseases, Jan-Dec 2026

Some patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension experience difficulties with memory, thinking, or mood. A group of Chinese researchers have investigated whether reduced blood flow to the brain is connected to heart strain and disease severity. They compared brain scans from 30 people with pulmonary arterial hypertension and 51 healthy individuals matched for age and sex.

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Pulmonary hypertension associated with interstitial lung disease: a state-of-the-art review, European Respiratory Journal, Vol 68 Issue 1

Following the 7th World Symposium on Pulmonary Hypertension, a review published in the European Respiratory Journal summarises the current understanding of Pulmonary hypertension associated with interstitial lung disease (PH-ILD). It covers the condition’s clinical features, underlying biology, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment, while flagging diagnostic challenges — from overlapping symptoms to the lack of specific biomarkers

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The Pulmonary Vascular Research Institute (PVRI) publishes a 13-part series to help people living with pulmonary hypertension (PH), their families, and carers understand clinical trials,

This series was created by the IDDI Patient Engagement and Empowerment Workstream, of the Pulmonary Vascular Research Institute (PVRI), whose members are Hall Skaara, Louise Bouman, Jamie Myrah, Colleen Brunetti, Luke Howard, Gil Golden, Vera Toth-Fejel, Wendy Gin-Sing. The series explains what clinical trials are, how they work, and what it means to take part. All

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Long-term efficacy and safety of rehabilitation in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension: the FONCE-HTAP randomized controlled trial, Annals of the American Thoracic Society, July 20, 2026

The findings of a multi-center randomized controlled trial investigating the long-term efficiency of rehabilitation in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension was published in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society on July 20, 2026. The study followed 47 patients with stable pulmonary arterial hypertension across 9 French centers, looking at the long-term impact of a

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Predictive Power of Pulmonary Artery Stiffness – Right Ventricular Interplay, but not Pulmonary Vascular Resistance, in Mild Pulmonary Hypertension: A PVRI GoDeep meta-registry analysis, CHEST, August 26, 2026

In a recent LinkedIn post Prof. Werner Seeger writes that the GoDeep meta-registry analysis about the predictive power of pulmonary artery stiffness – right ventricular interplay in mild pulmonary hypertension (PH) is now online. He reports that in the analysis, notably, parameters integrating pulsatile vascular load and interdependent right ventricular function possess predictive power independent

Predictive Power of Pulmonary Artery Stiffness – Right Ventricular Interplay, but not Pulmonary Vascular Resistance, in Mild Pulmonary Hypertension: A PVRI GoDeep meta-registry analysis, CHEST, August 26, 2026 Read Post »

Multicentre study explores impaired bone morphogenetic protein receptor 2 (BMPR2) signalling across pulmonary hypertension subgroups, European Respiratory Journal Open Research 2026

A multicentre study recently published on the European Respiratory Journal Open Research looked at bone morphogenetic protein receptor 2 (BMPR2) signalling — a pathway already known to be disrupted in heritable pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) — across a wider range of pulmonary hypertension (PH) patients, to see whether the same disturbance shows up in other

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Tenax Therapeutics announces results from phase 3 LEVEL trial of TNX-103 in patients with pulmonary hypertension associated with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, PH-HFpEF, August 10, 2026

Tenax Therapeutics, Inc. announced today the topline results of its Phase 3 LEVEL trial, which evaluated TNX-103 (oral levosimendan) in patients with pulmonary hypertension associated with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (PH-HFpEF), Group 2 of the World Health Organisation (WHO) pulmonary hypertension classification. The trial did not meet its primary endpoint — improvement in

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Insmed Announces Positive 12-Month Data from the Ongoing Open-Label Extension Study of Treprostinil Palmitil Inhalation Powder (TPIP) in Patients with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension, July 16, 2026

Insmed announced on July 16 positive 12-Month data from the ongoing open-label extension (OLE) study evaluating treprostinil palmitil inhalation powder (TPIP), administered once daily in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH, World Health Organization Group 1). The OLE study is a non-placebo-controlled trial and was designed to evaluate the long-term safety, tolerability, and effectiveness of

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