{"id":3302,"date":"2026-08-28T10:51:22","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T10:51:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/?p=3302"},"modified":"2026-08-28T10:51:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T10:51:22","slug":"astrazeneca-details-failed-attr-cm-study-affecting-other-biotechs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/?p=3302","title":{"rendered":"AstraZeneca details failed ATTR-CM study, affecting other biotechs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><\/div><p><\/p>\n<div data-author=\"andrew-joseph\">\n<p class=\"author-bio\">Andrew covers the biopharma industry, scientific research, and public health across the continent. You can reach Andrew confidentially on Signal at drewqjoseph.71.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AstraZeneca on Friday detailed the surprise failure of a closely watched heart disease clinical trial, laying out how its experimental drug offered no additional benefits for patients who were largely already on another type of medicine \u2014 the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2026\/08\/27\/alnylam-amvuttra-nucresiran-heart-drugs-esc\/\">latest twist in a multi-billion dollar market<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The study indicated that patients with a progressive condition known as ATTR-CM who received AstraZeneca\u2019s drug \u2014 what\u2019s called a silencer \u2014 saw no improvements if they were already taking another type of drug called a stabilizer, an effect so powerful that it tanked the whole Phase 3 study.\u00a0Most participants were on a stabilizer at the outset of the trial.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The trial\u2019s miss has had implications not just for AstraZeneca and its development partner Ionis Pharmaceuticals, but for other companies that market ATTR-CM drugs, including Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, which sells another silencer, and BridgeBio, the maker of a new stabilizer. 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