| On May 23, 2001, Connetics announced that it would pursue licensing or other strategic alternatives for its relaxin program. |
| In pregnancy relaxin levels rise to help boost the blood flow for mother and child. |
| In the third trimester your body releases a hormone called relaxin, which loosens the joints to allow for easier passage of the baby. |
| Because of these effects, relaxin was initially thought to serve only as a pregnancy hormone. |
| Use of relaxin for the preparation of a medicament for increasing vasodilation for treating pulmonary hypertension. |
| Functional roles for relaxin within human reproductive tissues have also been implicated during placentation, parturition, and lactation. |
