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Arena licenses heart drug ralinepag to United Therapeutics

by Michael McCoy
November 18, 2018 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 96, Issue 46

 

Arena Pharmaceuticals has agreed to license ralinepag, a small-molecule treatment for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), to United Therapeutics for $800 million plus up to $400 million in milestone payments. The drug, discovered by Arena scientists and now in Phase III clinical trials, is a prostacyclin receptor ­agonist that inhibits platelet aggregation and proliferation of vascular smooth muscle cells. United Therapeutics already markets a number of PAH treatments, including Adcirca, Orenitram, and Remodulin.

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