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Actelion Stresses Importance of PAH Early Detection, Life Quality at 2016 SSc World Congress and in Exclusive Interview

New data was recently presented regarding Actelion Pharmaceuticals’ therapies and strategies to improve clinical outcomes in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). The data were presented at the Actelion Satellite Symposium, titled “Improving outcome in pulmonary arterial hypertension,” which was part of the 4th Systemic Sclerosis World Congress held in…

Bayer Satellite Symposium at 2016 SSc World Congress: SGC Stimulation and Exclusive Interview with Lead Investigator

https://sclerodermanews.com/wp-content/uploads/videos/Sequence%2001_1.mp4             Scleroderma News Today’s exclusive interview with Professor Christopher Denton, lead investigator of two Phase 3 clinical trials assessing Bayer’s class of sGC stimulators, Adempas, in PAH and PAH-CTD patients.   The 4th Systemic Sclerosis World Congress opened on Friday with a…

SSc-associated PAH Patients with Anti-U1 RNP Antibodies May Have More Favorable Outcomes

Patients with connective tissue disease or systemic sclerosis associated with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) who are positive for anti-U1 RNP antibodies have more a favorable disease prognosis than patients without these antibodies, a study published in the journal Arthritis & Rheumatology showed. Anti-U1 RNP antibodies are autoantibodies directed at nuclear proteins. They are…