The FDA has approved Attruby, a new oral treatment that helps reduce heart-related deaths and hospital visits among adults with transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy, or ATTR-CM.

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 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.

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).