BridgeBio Pharma snagged FDA approval for its rival to Pfizer's heart disease treatment, Vyndaqel. BridgeBio stock catapulted.

BridgeBio Pharma Inc. jumped in premarket trading after its drug got US regulators’ nod to treat a deadly form of heart disease, paving the way for head-to-head competition with medications from Pfizer Inc.

Attruby (acoramidis), a near complete TTR stabilizer, has been approved by FDA to reduce cardiovascular death and hospitalization in ATTR-CM patients.

Attruby (acoramidis), an orally-administered near-complete (≥90%) stabilizer of Transthyretin (TTR) for adults with ATTR-CM to reduce cardiovascular death and cardiovascular-related hospitalization. The FDA approval is based on ATTRibute-CM Phase 3 study results,

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.

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).