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PAH: An Under-Recognized Complication of Adult-Onset Still's Disease

January 11, 2019 This article originally appeared here. Share this content: PAH is an under-diagnosed complication of adult-onset Still disease. Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a complication of adult-onset Still disease (AOSD) that in recent years has been recognized more frequently, indicating it is more common than originally documented, according to a retrospective study published… Read More »

With Gamifant launch rolling, Sobi unveils more data backing the rare disease med

SAN DIEGO—Armed with last month’s FDA approval, Sobi is rolling out its newly minted rare disease drug Gamifant with a small, targeted sales force, and Monday it unveiled more of the data that won the agency’s favor in the first place. In a phase 2/3 trial of Gamifant in primary haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH), 64.7% of… Read More »

FDA Approves Yupelri (revefenacin) for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

FDA Approves Yupelri (revefenacin) for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Print this page DUBLIN, Ireland, HERTFORDSHIRE, England and PITTSBURGH, Nov. 9, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Theravance Biopharma, Inc. (NASDAQ: TBPH) (“Theravance Biopharma”) and Mylan N.V. (NASDAQ: MYL) (“Mylan”) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the  New Drug Application (NDA) for… Read More »

Alzheimer's and cardiovascular disease share common genetics in some patients

Genetics may predispose some people to both Alzheimer’s disease and high levels of blood lipids such as cholesterol, a common feature of cardiovascular disease, according to a new study by an international team of researchers led by scientists at UC San Francisco and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. The research analyzed genome-wide… Read More »