BridgeBio Pharma, Inc. BBIO recently announced that it obtained FDA approval for its pipeline candidate acoramidis for the treatment of adults with transthyretin amyloidosis cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM) to reduce cardiovascular death and cardiovascular-related hospitalization.

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.

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.

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,

On a Zoom call last month from California, BridgeBio CEO Neil Kumar needled a colleague about the remote possibility of the New York Yankees rallying to win the World Series as they trailed the Los | The FDA has signed off on BridgeBio's Attruby (acoramidis),

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 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).

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