Cereno Scientific Submits Phase IIb Trial Protocol for CS1 in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), November 10, 2025

Cereno Scientific has submitted the clinical trial protocol for the planned global Phase IIb trial of its lead drug candidate CS1 to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). CS1 is an oral histone deacetylase inhibitor (HDACi) intended as a disease-modifying therapy for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), working through epigenetic modulation to target underlying mechanisms […]

Cereno Scientific Submits Phase IIb Trial Protocol for CS1 in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), November 10, 2025 Read Post »

First clinical site now open for large trial testing seralutinib for people with pulmonary hypertension associated with interstitial lung disease (PH-ILD), Pulmonary Hypertension News, November 7, 2025

The first clinical site is now active for a global Phase 3 study that will evaluate Gossamer Bio’s therapy candidate seralutinib for people with pulmonary hypertension associated with interstitial lung disease (PH-ILD). The study, titled SERANATA, aims to enroll around 480 patients aged 18 to 80, randomised to receive either 90 mg or 120 mg

First clinical site now open for large trial testing seralutinib for people with pulmonary hypertension associated with interstitial lung disease (PH-ILD), Pulmonary Hypertension News, November 7, 2025 Read Post »

Preferences for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) medications: insights from interviews with patients and doctors, Future Cardiology, November 4, 2025

A study titled “Single‑Tablet Combination Therapy of Macitentan/Tadalafil for Patients with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: Qualitative Interview Study” interviewed 26 pulmonary arterial hypertension patients and 18 doctors from the A DUE clinical trial, who tested the single-pill combination therapy (macitentan+tadalafil) versus taking multiple pills daily. Both patients and doctors agreed that taking one pill daily instead

Preferences for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) medications: insights from interviews with patients and doctors, Future Cardiology, November 4, 2025 Read Post »

Study provides proof-of-concept that fully automated, algorithm-driven tacrolimus dosing can improve therapeutic drug monitoring in real-world clinical practice, Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, October 11, 2025

Tacrolimus therapeutic drug monitoring is challenging due to high inter- and intra-patient variability. A prospective randomized controlled trial was conducted by researchers at the University Hospital in Leuven, Belgium, on 293 de novo kidney transplant recipients during the first 14 days post-transplant. A fully automated Model-informed precision dosing (MIPD) application (1) was integrated into the

Study provides proof-of-concept that fully automated, algorithm-driven tacrolimus dosing can improve therapeutic drug monitoring in real-world clinical practice, Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, October 11, 2025 Read Post »

Economic and Social Burden of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in Italy: A Cost-of-Illness Study, Drugs Real World Outcomes, October 17, 2025

A paper titled “Economic and Social Burden of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in Italy: A Cost-of-Illness Study” was recently pubclished in Drugs Real World Outcomes journal. The aim of the authors was to estimate the economic and social burden of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) in Italy, including direct healthcare costs, direct non-healthcare costs, and indirect costs

Economic and Social Burden of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in Italy: A Cost-of-Illness Study, Drugs Real World Outcomes, October 17, 2025 Read Post »

Comparative efficacy and safety of prostacyclin therapies for pulmonary arterial hypertension: a systematic review and network meta-analysis, Frontiers in Medicine, October 2025

A network meta-analysis conducted by researchers at the Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, published in the October 2025 edition of Frontiers in Medicine, compared the efficacy and safety of prostacyclin therapies for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) by synthesizing data from 32 studies, comprising 24 randomised controlled trials, three open-label trials,and five cohort studies, with a cumulative

Comparative efficacy and safety of prostacyclin therapies for pulmonary arterial hypertension: a systematic review and network meta-analysis, Frontiers in Medicine, October 2025 Read Post »

How Medicine Missed Viagra’s True Potential, MedPage Today, October 15, 2025

A recent article by Bharat Desai, an American physician specializing in internal medicine and pulmonary disease, argues that sildenafil could have revolutionized cardiovascular prevention, but was relegated to being an erectile dysfunction drug due to the at-the-time medical environment’s obsession with cholesterol. The Forgotten Origins Sildenafil was originally developed in the early 1990s as a

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Celebrating “European Donation Day 2025” October 11: Six Friends and Colleagues, Six Second Chances, 80 years of life gained!

On October 11, the European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines & HealthCare (EDQM), Council of Europe European Donation Day, the Alliance for Pulmonary Hypertension launched a campaign to to honour donors and their families, to celebrate life after transplant, and to call for greater awareness of the urgent need for organ donation. The six

Celebrating “European Donation Day 2025” October 11: Six Friends and Colleagues, Six Second Chances, 80 years of life gained! Read Post »

“WHEELS OF HOPE”: Our 9-Month Cycling Journey Across Europe to Champion Organ Donation launched today, October 11, European Donation Day 2025

Introduction: A Mission on Two Wheels On October 11, 2025—European Donation Day, organised yearly by the the Council of Europe—the Alliance for Pulmonary Hypertension launched “Wheels of Hope,” an extraordinary campaign that combines athletic endurance, culinary culture, and life-saving advocacy. Czech chef and athlete Lukáš Jakovec embarked on a 9-month cycling journey from Udine, Italy,

“WHEELS OF HOPE”: Our 9-Month Cycling Journey Across Europe to Champion Organ Donation launched today, October 11, European Donation Day 2025 Read Post »

Pulmonary vascular diseases – State of the art session, European Respiratory Society Annual Congress 2025, Septermber 28, 2025

On Monday, 28 September 2025, a State of the Art Session was held at the European Respiratory Society (ERS) Annual Congress 2025 titled: “Pulmonary Hypertension associated with lung diseases: the most burning questions.” The session was chaired by Prof. Dr. Olivier Sitbon, Prof. Dr. David Montani, and Dr. Nesrin Ocal. Leading experts shared the latest

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Sotatercept for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension within the First Year after Diagnosis, New England Journal of Medicine, September 30, 2025

The phase 3 HYPERION trial on sotatercept enrolled 320 adults with newly diagnosed pulmonary arterial hypertension (within 1 year of diagnosis) at intermediate or high risk who were already on double or triple background therapy. Patients were randomized to receive add-on subcutaneous sotatercept or placebo every 21 days. The trial stopped early due to compelling

Sotatercept for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension within the First Year after Diagnosis, New England Journal of Medicine, September 30, 2025 Read Post »

Anticoagulation and Survival in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: Findings from Large French Registry (1.500+ patients), Journal of the American College of Cardiology, September 30, 2025

Despite historical use, the role of anticoagulant therapy in the management of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) remains uncertain, as existing epidemiologic studies have produced conflicting results. The goal of a study whose findings were published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology on September 30, 2025, was to examine the association between anticoagulant

Anticoagulation and Survival in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: Findings from Large French Registry (1.500+ patients), Journal of the American College of Cardiology, September 30, 2025 Read Post »

Gossamer Bio and Respira Therapeutics have entered into an option agreement to develop Respira’s pulmonary hypertension treatment candidate RT234, Pulmonary Hypertension News, September 26, 2024

Gossamer Bio has an option to acquire Respira Therapeutics and its inhaled pulmonary arterial hypertension treatment RT234. Gossamer plans to develop RT234 for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and pulmonary hypertension associated with interstitial lung disease (PH-ILD), the same two indications for which it is already developing its own inhaled treatment candidate, seralutinib. RT234 is an inhaled formulation

Gossamer Bio and Respira Therapeutics have entered into an option agreement to develop Respira’s pulmonary hypertension treatment candidate RT234, Pulmonary Hypertension News, September 26, 2024 Read Post »

Extracorporeal Photopheresis: Emerging Role in Transplantation and Beyond, Transplantation Direct, September 2025

A newly published review in Transplantation Direct explores the growing significance ofextracorporeal photopheresis (ECP), a therapy that modulates immune responses usingpatients’ own treated blood cells. The article, authored by Panagiotis Parsonidis, MSc, and Prof. Thomas Wekerle of the Medical University of Vienna, Austria, highlights extracorporeal photopheresis’s established safety record while pointing to future opportunities for

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Alveolar Septal Width as a Predictor of Chronic Lung Allograft Dysfunction and Survival After Lung Transplantation, Journal of Clinical Medicine, September 9, 2025

Researchers may have found a way to predict which lung transplant patients will develop serious complications before symptoms appear. In a study titled “Increase in Alveolar Septal Width Is a Histological Predictor of Chronic Lung Allograft Dysfunction and Survival in Lung Transplant Recipients—A Longitudinal Study” the authors measure the thickness of air sac walls in lung

Alveolar Septal Width as a Predictor of Chronic Lung Allograft Dysfunction and Survival After Lung Transplantation, Journal of Clinical Medicine, September 9, 2025 Read Post »

New study reveals how BMP-9 regulates lung vessels, opening doors for future pulmonary arterial hypertension therapies, new findings from a Franco-German study, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA (PNAS), July 2025

  Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) happens when the blood vessels in the lungs become too narrow and stiff. This raises pressure in the lungs and puts strain on the heart. In a collaborative study, scientists from Inserm and Université Paris-Saclay in France, together with researchers from the Institute for Lung Health (ILH) in Germany, discovered

New study reveals how BMP-9 regulates lung vessels, opening doors for future pulmonary arterial hypertension therapies, new findings from a Franco-German study, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA (PNAS), July 2025 Read Post »

Data on investigational treprostinil transdermal patch system to be presented at professional symposium organised by the US Pulmonary Hypertension Association, September 18-20, 2025

Corsair Pharma will present preclinical data on their TRX-248 transdermal patch at the Pulmonary Hypertension Professional Network Symposium (PHPPN), Sept 18-20, 2025. The once-daily patch delivers treprostinil for pulmonary arterial hypertension treatment. These data provide additional support for the clinical program which is currently in a first-in-human Phase 1 study. The transdermal patch has the

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Understanding Risk Assessment in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension, International Society for Heart and Lung Transplant ISHLT Consensus Statement, The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation – September 05, 2025

What is pulmonary arterial hypertension and why does risk assessment matter? Pulmonary arterial hypertension is a rare, serious disease where the blood vessels in thelungs become too narrow. This makes the right side of the heart work harder, which overtime can lead to heart failure. Because it can progress quickly, doctors use risk assessment (sometimes

Understanding Risk Assessment in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension, International Society for Heart and Lung Transplant ISHLT Consensus Statement, The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation – September 05, 2025 Read Post »

Returning from the World Transplant Games full of emotions, Maggy Surace, double lung transplant recipient, President of the French Pulmonary Hypertension Association HTaPFrance

Maggy Surace is the President of the French Pulmonary Hypertension Association HTaPFrance and a double lung transplant recipient. She was among the 1,513 athletes from 50 different countries participating in the World Transplant Games in Dresden, Germany on August 17-24, 2025. Maggy trained for over 4 months for the swimming and athletics events. She left

Returning from the World Transplant Games full of emotions, Maggy Surace, double lung transplant recipient, President of the French Pulmonary Hypertension Association HTaPFrance Read Post »

The World Transplant Games 2025, August 17-24 2025, Dresden, Germany

The World Transplant Games are a remarkable international multisport event that brings together transplant recipients, living donors, donor families, supporters and friends to celebrate the Gift of Life and show the positive impact of organ donation. The games span seven days, featuring a program of both high-exertion and low-impact sports, with 2,500 participants, families, and

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