World PH Day 2021
World PH Day 5 May 2021
We were delighted to host Dr. Martine Rothblatt as the keynote speaker for the inaugural IDDI webinar on World Pulmonary Hypertension Day, which took place on 5 May 2021 at 15:00 GMT. Martine was joined by our Patron, Professor Sir Magdi Yacoub, and Werner Seeger, Justus-Liebig University Giessen.
Dr. Rothblatt, Founder & CEO of United Therapeutics, is an American lawyer, author, entrepreneur, and transgender rights advocate. Following her daughter’s diagnosis of pulmonary arterial hypertension in the 1990s, she made the bold decision to leave her existing work behind to focus entirely on finding a treatment — ultimately leading to the founding of United Therapeutics, now one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world.
Her presentation highlighted the therapies available at the time for PH patients and explored groundbreaking technological advances, including the development of lab-grown transplant organs aimed at improving access to transplants in regions with limited or no donor registries.