Alnylam presents new Amvuttra and zilebesiran data at ESC Congress

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Alnylam Pharmaceuticals presented new analyses at the European Society of Cardiology Congress in Munich supporting the use of Amvuttra across a range of transthyretin amyloidosis patients, including those already on Pfizer's tafamidis, and reported encouraging subgroup findings for its experimental hypertension drug zilebesiran. In the Phase 3 HELIOS-B study, 259 of the 654 treated patients were taking tafamidis at baseline, and Amvuttra's effect on the composite of death and recurrent cardiovascular events appeared consistent regardless of tafamidis use. Patients on Amvuttra also showed better preservation of walking ability and a 25% less deterioration in a composite measure of physical and mental function, with a 52% reduction in the risk of decline on that measure. A pooled analysis of 1,402 patients from four Phase 3 studies of Amvuttra and Onpattro showed consistent effects in women and men across cardiac and neurological forms of the disease. For zilebesiran, a post hoc subgroup analysis from the Phase 2 KARDIA-3 study showed larger systolic blood pressure reductions in high-risk patients with uncontrolled hypertension on a diuretic and at least one other drug, with effects extending across day and night; these findings are exploratory, and the drug's value depends on the ongoing Phase 3 ZENITH cardiovascular outcomes trial.

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Amvuttra shows benefit regardless of tafamidis use, potentially impacting Pfizer's drug.

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