Vardenafil - Respira Therapeutics
Alternative Names: RT-234; RT234 AOS™ DPI; RT234-PAHLatest Information Update: 30 Sep 2025
At a glance
- Originator Respira Therapeutics
- Developer Respira Therapeutics; United Therapeutics Corporation
- Class Antifibrotics; Antihypertensives; Bronchodilators; Erectile dysfunction therapies; Imidazoles; Piperazines; Small molecules; Sulfones; Triazines
- Mechanism of Action Type 5 cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase inhibitors
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Orphan Drug Status
Yes - Pulmonary arterial hypertension
Orphan designation is assigned by a regulatory body to encourage companies to develop drugs for rare diseases.
- New Molecular Entity No
Highest Development Phases
- Phase II Pulmonary arterial hypertension
- No development reported Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis; Pulmonary hypertension
Most Recent Events
- 25 Sep 2025 Efficacy and adverse events data from two phase II trials in Pulmonary arterial hypertension released by Gossamer Bio
- 17 May 2025 Adverse events and efficacy data from the phase II CL202 trial for Pulmonary arterial hypertension presented at the 121st International Conference of the American Thoracic Society (ATS-2025)
- 07 Jan 2025 Respira Therapeutics completes a phase-II trial in Pulmonary arterial hypertension (Treatment-experienced) in USA (Inhalation) (NCT04266197)