PPH Legal Blog

An Ohio woman, Carol Dickson, had struggled for years to catch her breath while moving about town.  Finally, after a hospitalization and near death experience, she was diagnosed with Pulmonary Hypertension.  Diseases like Pulmonary Hypertension adversely limits the body’s ability to distribute oxygen, making patients feel short of breath and dizzy, unwilling and unable to […]

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A 2007 law that requires all clinical studies of new medications, except Phase-1 Safety Studies, is increasing the amount of information available to patients and doctors alike.
This new law is particularly useful because pharmaceutical companies frequently don’t disclose any negative results of their clinical trials. In addition, they don’t publish results that show very little […]

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The FDA’s recently criticized review and approval process is under investigation by the Government Accountability Office. The GAO is investigating reports that the review process allowed 2 blockbuster drugs through without sufficient proof of their effectiveness or lack of harmful side effects.
Sen. Charles Grassley, an Iowa Republican, requested the investigation after studies have shown that […]

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There has been a rise in hospitalizations for PPH in recent months. This can be seen as either a good thing or a bad thing. It is bad because it means that there are more people needing hospital stays to help with their disease. The good news is that doctors are catching the disease and […]

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Recently, there has been an increase in the number of hospitalizations due to Primary Pulmonary Hypertension (PPH). This can be seen as being either a good thing or a bad thing. It can be seen as being a good thing because it means that there are more cases that are actually being diagnosed. It is […]

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