The drug Cytokinetics is placing its hopes on is aficamten, a selective small-molecule inhibitor of cardiac myosin. The drug ...

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For newborns with HCM, the preferred first-line treatment is Propranolol, a class of medication known as a beta-blocker (a type of medication that slows down the heart). If hypertrophic cardiomyopathy ...

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is an uncommon disease with significant consequences. Since the 1950s, major strides in understanding its etiology and pathogenesis have led to improved ...

A study has found that aficamten is associated with improvements across a range of clinical outcomes in patients with obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

in obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), Cytokinetics submitted an NDA for aficamten to the U.S. Food & Drug Administration and is progressing regulatory submissions for aficamten for the ...

The American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association has released updated (2020) hypertrophic cardiomyopathy treatment guidelines aimed at providing recommendations that are applicable to ...

Rolling Submission of NDA for Aficamten Completed and Submitted to FDA in Q3 COMET-HF, Confirmatory Phase 3 Clinical Trial of ...

Researchers from Affinia Therapeutics Inc. have described the development and preclinical evaluation of a new AAV-based gene therapy, designed using a novel cardiotropic capsid, for the potential ...

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People with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) have a greater risk of becoming severely ill from COVID-19. Furthermore, the virus has been found to significantly damage the heart muscle, causing ...

This study contributes to defining the genetic landscape of French HCM patients, which facilitates cascade genetic testing in familial cases and ultimately could guide personalized treatment. The main ...