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| Brand Name | Remodulin |
| Generic: | treprostinil |
| Indications: | PAH (Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension) |
| Administration | IV |
| Economics | |
| Pricing | 3.5% increase on 7/1/2006 to 100K a year. North of 100k in Q1 2009. 3/25/10 price increase of 9.6%. |
| Safety | Sepsis investigation ongoing by CDC. Report issued on 2/23/2007. |
| | Remodulin shoewd a higher rate of BSI and gram- sepsis compared to Flolan. The CDC did not make recommendations. |
| | 2.6 higher BSI and 12.7 higher risk of sepsis. It is still very rare. |
| IP | 5,153,222 (method of use) expires 2014. May 2009 orphan status expiry. Schoenebaum: "Tough to make, why hasn't anyone filed ANDA?" |
| | Assigned to Burroughs Wellcome |
| Competition | Actelion's room-temperature stable Flolan? |
| Clinical Trials | |
| | Phase III P01:04 n=224 |
| | Failed to meet primary endpoint. |
| | Median improvement in 6MW was 1 meter for placebo and 3 meters for Remodulin, p=0.06. |
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| | Phase III P01:05 n=244 |
| | Median decline in 6MW was 3 meters for placebo versus an improvement in 16 meters for Remodulin, p=0.06. |
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| | Phase II n=25 enrolled during 1998 |
| | Placebo declined by 6 meters from baseline at week 8. |
| | UT-15 (Remodulin) increased by 37-39m at week 8. |