IV selexipag can be used as a bridging therapy

Pulmonary arterial hypertension patients who take selexipag normally take it orally (as a pill). Sometimes, though, this is temporarily impossible. People might be unable to swallow or have other medical conditions that interfere with their ability to take pills. A small study looked at whether temporarily giving selexipag as an intravenous infusion was safe and effective. They found that it was.

Read the Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management paper