CF Pharmtech Guangzhou Ltd. and CF Pharmtech Hongkong Ltd. have identified prodrugs of treprostinil reported to be useful for the treatment of pulmonary hypertension and pulmonary fibrosis.
Innovo Therapeutics Inc. has patented new pyrazole derivatives acting as caspase-3 inhibitors and potentially useful for the treatment of pulmonary hypertension.
Publication on Dec. 12, 2024, of data analysis regarding Merck & Co. Inc.’s Winrevair (sotatercept) in Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics may have put investors in mind of the odds for the activin signaling inhibitor beyond pulmonary arterial hypertension, the indication for which Winrevair was approved by the U.S. FDA in March of last year.
Researchers from Corteria Pharmaceuticals SAS and Université Paris-Saclay recently presented the preclinical results on a long-acting corticotropin-releasing factor CRF2 receptor agonist, COR-1389.
Despite the U.S. FDA’s tentative approval of Liquidia Corp.’s Yutrepia (treprostinil) for treating pulmonary arterial hypertension and pulmonary hypertension associated with interstitial lung disease, the company is stuck in the starting gate. Liquidia said it disagrees with the agency’s stance of simultaneously granting regulatory exclusivity in both indications to United Therapeutics Corp.’s powdered formulation of treprostinil, branded Tyvaso, until May 23, 2025. That means full approval for the inhalation powder won’t come until after that date and neither will a Yutrepia launch.
Starpax Biopharma Inc. files for further protection of its anticancer technology that uses magnetically steered bacteria to spread chemotherapy drugs throughout the volume of tumors. Its latest filing describes a method for preparing a subject for a medical intervention with magnetotactic bacteria tethered to treatment, imaging or diagnostic agents.
Researchers at the Spanish National Center for Cardiovascular Research (CNIC) have identified a new target that may open new avenues into pulmonary hypertension (PH) treatment. Their findings were published in Science Advances on Jan. 19, 2024.
Gradient Denervation Technologies SAS closed a €14 million (US$15 million) series A financing round that will help the company with the ongoing clinical development and evaluation of its ultrasound-based catheter device to treat pulmonary hypertension. The financing round was led by Asabys Partners, with participation from Thuja Capital and founding investor Sofinnova Partners.
Guangzhou Kaishi Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. has patented treprostinil derivatives acting as nitric oxide (NO) donors reported to be useful for the treatment of acute respiratory distress syndrome, pulmonary arterial hypertension and arterial occlusion.
Researchers from Structure Therapeutics Inc. recently presented details on the discovery and preclinical evaluation of two new apelin receptor (APJ, APLNR) agonists – ANPA-0073 and ANPA-0137 – being developed for the treatment of pulmonary diseases.
