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  • The COVID Heart - One Year After SARS-CoV-2 Infection, Patients Have an Array of Increased Cardiovascular Risks

    The COVID Heart - One Year After SARS-CoV-2 Infection, Patients Have an Array of Increased Cardiovascular Risks Published March 2, 2022: JAMA doi: 10.1001/jama.2022.2411

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  • Long-term Cardiovascular Outcomes of COVID-19

    Long-term cardiovascular outcomes of COVID-19 Published Feb. 7, 2022: Nature Medecine  https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-022-01689-3  

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  • Understanding Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Outcome Measures

    Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a rare, life-threatening condition characterized by elevated blood pressure in the arteries which carry blood from the heart to the lungs. The high blood...

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  • Calgary-based biotech firm specializes in instructing cells to fight complex diseases

    Imagine a world where a host of diseases and conditions caused by non-beneficial instructions from our DNA could be treated simply by instructing our cells to ignore those signals. That science is...

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  • Health Matters: Alberta-developed drug could help prevent long COVID

    Health Matters February 2: Calgary company Resverlogix has developed a drug that could not only stop COVID-19 illness from progressing, it also has potential to prevent chronic symptoms, or long...

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  • Calgary Company's COVID Drug Going to Phase Two Trials

    Calgary-based biotech company Resverlogix moves into a phase two clinical trial for an oral treatment Apabetalone for COVID-19. And they are looking for patients to participate in the study....

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  • Made-in-Alberta drug being tested on COVID-19 patients

    New drug trial to treat COVID-19 patients has been launched at the University of Alberta. Hiba Kamal-Choufi reports.

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  • 'Exciting breakthrough': COVID-19 drug trial to take place in Edmonton

    Trials for a Canadian-developed COVID-19 treatment are set to begin at the University of Alberta. CTV News Edmonton - Aired January 24, 2022

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  • An Alberta-developed oral treatment for COVID-19 has begun testing at the University of Alberta hospital

    J'lyn Nye interviews RVX President & CEO Donald McCaffrey about our Phase 2b COVID-19 Clinical Trial on 630 CHED

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  • Some COVID-19 patients in Edmonton begin potential trial treatment, apabetalone, an Alberta-developed drug

    By Kellen Taniguchi Edmonton Journal, January 18, 2022  

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  • Epigenetic Therapies Start Operating Outside the Lines

    Drug developers are sourcing novel structures, bridging transcriptional and signaling domains, and exploring applications beyond oncology GEN: Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News...

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  • Resverlogix in Active Discussions with Morocco

    Resverlogix is in active discussions for COVID-19 clinical studies in Morocco involving apabetalone.

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  • Donald McCaffrey at Benzinga All Access

    Resverlogix President & CEO Donald McCaffrey presents at Benzinga All Access conference 2021

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  • Resverlogix: The Future of Drug Development

    Clip of Donald McCaffrey, President & CEO of Resverlogix which aired on Fox News December 18, 2021.   © 2021 www.B-TV.com . All Rights Reserved.  

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  • Apabetalone meets primary endpoint in PAH pilot study

    Resverlogix reported that its lead drug apabetalone met its primary endpoint in a pulmonary arterial hypertension or ‘PAH’ investigator led pilot study. Watch the news...

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  • EVERSANA & Resverlogix Discuss Partnership On PharmaVOICE Webinar

    Rohit Sood, EVP, COMPLETE Commercialization, EVERSANA / Donald McCaffrey, President & CEO, Resverlogix: Next Generation Commercial Innovation: Moving From Promise to Practice. 

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  • Donald McCaffrey featured on Innovators with Jane King

    Donald McCaffrey, President & CEO of Resverlogix featured on Innovators with Jane King. Latest updates on the Company's COVID-19 program.

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  • COVID-19 Program Update with Donald McCaffrey

    CEO Donald McCaffrey joined PBA à Noon, for a live webinar and Q&A, to discuss the latest developments in Resverlogix' COVID-19 program.

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  • Health Canada Authorizes COVID-19 Clinical Study

    Resverlogix receives "No Objection Letter" from Health Canada, approving the COVID-19 Clinical Trial Application for apabetalone.

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  • Apabetalone May Prevent Heart Damage Caused by COVID-19

    COVID-19 affects not only lung and respiratory tissue but can injure your heart as well. One study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, found that 78% of recently...

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  • Balancing Epigenetics in the Treatment of Chronic Kidney Disease

    Kidneys are the body’s filtration system . They clean our blood, removing waste and helping manage blood pressure by controlling the outflow of water. Unfortunately, when these filters...

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  • Targeting Epigenetics as a New Therapy in Vascular Disease and Dementia

    Cardiovascular disease literally means disease of the heart and blood vessels, but it can cause additional life-altering complications that we might not initially associate with the disease,...

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  • The Faces of Cardiovascular Disease: Series Final

    This is the final article of the mini-series, The Faces of Cardiovascular Disease , looking at the different presentations, symptoms, and root causes of a disease that affects millions of men...

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  • The Faces of Cardiovascular Disease: Part 4

    This article is part of a mini-series, The Faces of Cardiovascular Disease , looking at the different presentations, symptoms, and root causes of a disease that affects millions of men and women...

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  • The Faces of Cardiovascular Disease: Part 3

    This article is part of a mini-series, The Faces of Cardiovascular Disease , looking at the different presentations, symptoms, and root causes of a disease that affects millions of men and women...

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  • The Faces of Cardiovascular Disease: Part 2

    This article is part of a mini-series, The Faces of Cardiovascular Disease , looking at the different presentations, symptoms, and root causes of a disease that affects millions of men and women...

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  • The Faces of Cardiovascular Disease: Part 1

    This article is part of a mini-series we are calling The Faces of Cardiovascular Disease , looking at the different presentations, symptoms, and root causes of a disease that affects millions of...

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  • Apabetalone: A Relative Size Animation

    Our lead compound – apabetalone – is the first small molecule of its kind with potentially important benefits for patients with high-risk cardiovascular and other chronic diseases. But...

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  • The Faces of Cardiovascular Disease: Series Final

    This is the final article of the mini-series, The Faces of Cardiovascular Disease, looking at the different presentations, symptoms, and root causes of a disease that affects millions of men and women around the world. Be sure to read part 1, 2, 3, and 4 here. In this final installment, we explore the latest research into the treatment and prevention of cardiovascular disease, with a look at what’s to come.

    We started this series with a statistic: between 1980 and 2014, 4 in 10 deaths in the United States were a direct result of cardiovascular disease. This statistic obscures the fact that the risk posed by cardiovascular disease was far greater in 1980 than it was 34 years later. By 2014, fewer than 2.5 in every 10 deaths were attributed to cardiovascular disease.

    What happened over those 34 years that led to improved outcomes? Two key components have been drug development and the adoption of healthier lifestyles; advances in these complementary areas have contributed to vastly reducing the number of people suffering from cardiovascular disease and improving the quality of life for those who are.

     

    Between 1980 and 1990, the cardiologist’s therapeutic repertoire expanded rapidly. A new class of antiplatelet drugs, designed to prevent the formation of clots that can block blood flow in vital blood vessels, began being prescribed in 1978. ACE inhibitors, to lower blood pressure, and statins, to lower cholesterol, were approved shortly after. These new therapies provided options to treat certain aspects across the cardiovascular disease spectrum. Patient standard of care measurably improved, contributing to the steep decline in cardiovascular disease mortality.

     

    But that is only half the story; changing lifestyles also proved to be a major factor.

    Exercise - what a revolution!! In the 70’s, if you were seen running or jogging something had better have been chasing you! But then came Jane Fonda, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Richard Simmons, and Charlene Prickett – the Health Hustle and Body Break with Hal and Joanne. Suddenly everyone was exercising and if you didn’t have leg warmers, you were NOT serious! Trends in diet were also changing around this time, focusing on heart healthy options. The USDA put out guides for healthy eating with the food wheel being released in 1984 and the pyramid in 1992. Use of tobacco products also declined precipitously as a critical eye was turned to what we put into our bodies.

    Despite exponential progress in the prevention and management of cardiovascular disease, it remains the number one cause of death worldwide. What more can be done?

    The quest continues by focusing on cardiovascular risk reduction. Current advances in research are unlocking the secrets of human longevity and wellness. Every day we develop a better understanding of how genetic, epigenetic, and lifestyle factors work in concert to tip the scales towards either health or disease.

    The next generation of medicines will likely target a broader population or be more patient specific. Increasingly, chronic diseases, such cardiovascular disease, diabetes, chronic kidney disease, and dementia are considered to be varying manifestations of similar underlying processes. Yet, an individual’s genetic background can predispose them to disease susceptibility or to successful therapeutic intervention. Broadening our thinking on the nature of diseases and understanding their nuances opens up new doors for treatment.

    The revolutionary advances that led to the halving in the rate of cardiovascular disease deaths between 1980 and 2014 have not been enjoyed by everybody. In poorer communities, and especially developing countries, with limited access to education and healthcare, these same kinds of improvements have yet to be seen. The greatest opportunities for reducing the burdens of cardiovascular disease may not lie in futuristic medicines, but in focusing on prevention, health promotion, and access to treatment.

    Ultimately, the development of novel therapeutics, health promotion, disease prevention, and increased accessibility to lifesaving interventions have and will contribute to further reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease. Over the last 40 years, we have witnessed unprecedented success in reducing the burden of cardiovascular disease; the next 40 years are poised to surpass even this.

    Disclaimer: The preceding article should not be construed to endorse or advocate for any therapy or lifestyle changes for the treatment or prevention of cardiovascular disease, or related conditions. The discussions in this article are based in a scientific understanding of what has been effective at a population level, and would not necessarily be beneficial to any specific individual. Any changes in medications, diet, or exercise regimens should be done in consultation with, and under the supervision of, trained medical professionals.