Pfizer gets USFDA nod for potential blockbuster heart drug Tafamidis

Pfizer, which has touted tafamidis as a potential blockbuster product, set a list price of $225,000 a year for the medicine, which would be sold under the brand name Vyndaqel.

New Delhi: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved Pfizer Inc's drug, tafamidis, to treat a rare and fatal heart disease called transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy, the U.S drugmaker said.

Pfizer, which has touted tafamidis as a potential blockbuster product, set a list price of $225,000 a year for the medicine, which would be sold under the brand name Vyndaqel.

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Analysts are forecasting annual sales to exceed $1 billion in 2024, according to Refinitiv data.

The FDA also approved another oral formulation of tafamidis under the brand name Vyndamax.

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