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Cardiologist Sees Promise in Airwin as First PAH Med to Tackle Disease Progression
Airwin (sotatercept), a newly launched treatment for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), heralds an era of therapies aimed at curbing disease progression at its roots, Yoshihiro Fukumoto, a cardiologist at Kurume University School of Medicine, said at an MSD-sponsored seminar on…
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