United Therapeutics advances new pulmonary hypertension treatment to FDA review

United Therapeutics Corp. is a step closer to getting a new pulmonary arterial hypertension treatment to patients. The Silver Spring biotech’s New Drug Application for Trevyent, a treatment that uses treprostinil — the same active ingredient in three of United Therapeutics’ existing products — has been accepted by the Food and Drug Administration, the company announced Wednesday. The FDA will now revi ew the product, a combination of that drug and the technology to inject it subcutaneously,…
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