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United Therapeutics Corporation Reports Second Quarter 2015 Financial Results

July 28, 2015 6:00 AM EDT

SILVER SPRING, Md. and RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., July 28, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- United Therapeutics Corporation (NASDAQ: UTHR) today announced its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2015.

"Orenitram® sales grew nearly 300% as compared to the second quarter of 2014 when the product was first launched," said Roger Jeffs, Ph.D., United Therapeutics' President and Co-Chief Executive Officer. "The growth in Orenitram sales was due to an increase in the number of patients being treated, which strengthens our belief in the organic growth opportunity of our orally-administered prostacyclin analogue."

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