(Source: Actelion Ltd) ALLSCHWIL, SWITZERLAND - 26 January 2016 - Actelion (SIX: ATLN) announced today that Health Canada has granted a Notice of Compliance (NOC) approving the orally active, selective IP prostacyclin receptor agonist Uptravi (selexipag),originally discovered and synthesized by Nippon Shinyaku, for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension. Uptravi is indicated for the long-term treatment of idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (iPAH), heritable pulmonary arterial hypertension (HPAH), PAH associated with connective tissue disorders and PAH associated with congenital heart disease, in adult patients with WHO functional class (FC) II-III to delay disease...
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