The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved BridgeBio Pharma’s Attruby (acoramidis), an oral transthyretin (TTR) stabiliser, to treat adults with transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM).

The price is close to the average $225,000 annual cost of Pfizer's drugs, before any discounts or rebates, although BridgeBio has said it will provide Attruby for free for the lifetime of any patient who participated in clinical trials of the drug.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday approved Attruby (acoramidis), an orally-administered near-complete (≥90%) stabilizer of Transthyretin (TTR) for the treatment of adults with ATTR-CM to reduce cardiovascular death and cardiovascular-related hospitalization.

The U.S. FDA has approved Attruby, a new drug by BridgeBio, for treating a rare heart condition, redefining a market led by Pfizer’s Vyndaqel. Meanwhile, Canada has reported its first case of clade I mpox,

2025 will be a very eventful year for BridgeBio. In addition to the commercial launches of Attruby in the United States, Europe, and Japan, the company expects to report results from registrational trials of infigratinib, encaleret, and BBP-418, and it could have as many as four products on the market by the end of 2026.

BridgeBio Pharma Inc. gained US approval for a drug to treat a progressive and deadly form of heart disease, paving the way for the biotech company to go head-to-head with Pfizer Inc. in an increasingly competitive market.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved BridgeBio's drug for a rare and deadly heart condition, the company said on Friday, making it the first new treatment in a market dominated by Pfizer's blockbuster Vyndaqel.

BridgeBio secured approval for Attruby Friday, along with the all-important mortality benefit that could give the drug a significant boost in the market against Pfizer’s tafamidis and potentially Alnylam’s Amvuttra.

The approval of Attruby for transthyretin amyloidosis with cardiomyopathy begins a battle for control of a lucrative market that investors have been skeptical BridgeBio can win.

The Food and Drug Administration approved on Friday a new medicine from BridgeBio for patients with a progressive heart disease — the first new treatment for the condition in over five years and the company’s first significant commercial product. The drug, known scientifically as acoramidis, will be sold by BridgeBio under the brand name Attruby.