Epix touts data on pulmonary hypertension drug

Shares of Epix Pharmaceuticals were buoyed this morning by positive data from a mid-stage study of a drug designed to reduce high blood pressure in the pulmonary artery. The trial of PRX-08066 involved 71 patients with pulmonary hypertension associated with COPD. Lexington, MA-based Epix also reported that its losses ballooned in the second quarter due to swelling R&D costs.

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