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), 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,

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

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 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,

Attruby is the first approved product with a label that specifies near-complete TTR stabilisation. The approval triggers a $500m payment to BridgeBio under a royalty funding agreement. The ATTRibute-CM Phase III trial,

The U.S. FDA late Friday approved BridgeBio Pharma’s (NASDAQ:BBIO) lead asset Attruby for the rare heart disorder transthyretin cardiac amyloidosisin in a potential setback to Pfizer (NYSE:PFE), which already markets Vyndaqel,