Alexah McGovern will be fortunate if she reaches her second birthday.

Alexah McGovern will be fortunate if she reaches her second birthday. The smiling 14-month-old toddler, with strawberry blond hair and striking blue eyes, suffers from a potentially fatal heart defect and incurable pulmonary hypertension.

Clinical Data, Inc., today announced that Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., has filed an Investigational New Drug (IND) application with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Clinical Data's highly selective adenosine A2A agonist, ATL313, for the indication of primary open angle glaucoma and ocular hypertension.

Title: Race, Sex Play Part in Hypertension Risk Category: Health News Created: 12/21/2010 4:05:00 PM Last Editorial Review: 12/22/2010

Hypertension is one of the most common health problems in this country, affecting one in three American adults.