Pfizer Gains European Approval for Amyloidosis Drug Vyndaqel

Pfizer Gains European Approval for Amyloidosis Drug Vyndaqel

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Fierce Biotech
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The European Commission has officially approved Pfizer's (NYSE: PFE) drug Vyndaqel as a treatment for transthyretin amyloidosis in adult patients with cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM), a disease characterized by the buildup of misfolded TTR protein in the heart. Vyndaqel is designed to stabilize the protein and keep it from misfolding.