Macitentan

Category: Blood Pressure

Macitentan Overview

Macitentan (trade name Opsumit) is an endothelin receptor antagonist (ERA) approved for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH).[1] The other two ERAs marketed as of 2014 are bosentan and ambrisentan.[1] Macitentan is a dual ERA, meaning that it acts as an antagonist of two endothelin (ET) receptor subtypes, ETA and ETB.[1] However, macitentan has a 50-fold increased selectivity for the ETA subtype compared to the ETB subtype.&...

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