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How BridgeBio Translates Genetic Science into Precision Treatments for Rare Diseases

The company leverages genetic insights, advanced technologies, and a global development network to discover, develop, and deliver medicines for rare diseases and patients with unmet needs.

By Donna Joseph
Dec 22, 2025 10:43 PM
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Summary
  • BridgeBio focuses on developing therapies for genetic diseases and rare conditions, leveraging advances in genome sequencing, molecular biology, and patient registries to target diseases at their source.
  • The company operates a decentralized model with affiliate companies, enabling efficient, data-driven development across multiple therapeutic programs simultaneously while maintaining focus on each disease.
  • BridgeBio’s notable products, such as Attruby for ATTR-CM and Nulibry for MoCD Type A, demonstrate its capability to translate genetic science into life-changing medicines delivered globally.

PALO ALTO, Nov. 19, 2025BridgeBio is a California-based pharma company on a mission to discover, create, test and deliver breakthrough medicines for patients suffering from genetic diseases and cancers. The company focuses on addressing the vast opportunity to help patients with genetic conditions, with more than 10,000 diseases caused by a single genetic mutation. These conditions collectively affect tens of millions of people, yet fewer than 50 FDA-approved therapies exist to treat this class of diseases. This piece explores BridgeBio’s approach to translating genetic science into life-changing medicines, its therapeutic focus areas, innovative operating model, supported activities, and notable products that have made a mark in the field.

 

BridgeBio’s drug engineering platform leverages and efficiently translates innovation into therapies that matter. In terms of discovering novel genetic disease targets, the company has been focusing on well-described diseases that can be targeted at their source. Besides, it is creating medicines with industry research capabilities such as tailored therapeutic technologies that create potential first- or best-in-class medicines. BridgeBio tests its drugs through a global development footprint, as broad clinical development capabilities across therapeutic areas and geographies have been its forte.

 

Product delivery to patients through commercial infrastructures is done seamlessly. This emerging pharma company has developed capabilities built to deliver genetic medicines to patients globally.

 

Areas of interest include cardiovascular issues such as Amyloid transthyretin cardiomyopathy, or ATTR-CM; skeletal dysplasias, which precisely are Achondroplasia and Hypochondroplasia; neuromuscular conditions such as limb-girdle muscular dystrophy; hypoparathyroidism such as Autosomal dominant hypocalcemia type 1 (ADH1); and degenerative cerebral diseases such as Canavan disease.

 

Understanding BridgeBio’s Operating Model

 

Therapeutic Breakthroughs: True to its name, BridgeBio has been a bridge from remarkable advancements in genetic science to patients with unmet needs via the entrepreneurial engine required to make life-changing medicines as rapidly as possible. A confluence of breakthroughs in genome sequencing, molecular biology, electronic medical record databases, and patient registries gives this pharma company the opportunity to make therapeutic leaps against genetic disease. ‘We find great science where the mechanism of a disease is well-understood and develop potential medicines that seek to target those diseases at their source,’ says the company website.

 

New Type of BioTech Company: BridgeBio has been working to create a bridge between promising genetic research and actual medicines with the people, platform, and processes needed to advance many therapies simultaneously. The decentralized corporate model lets the company distribute shared central resources while remaining hyper-focused on developing therapies for each disease through the network of affiliate companies. Focused execution is a top priority as BridgeBio advances its pipeline of high-quality programs to help as many patients as possible. ‘Our model creates efficiency, rigor, and scale, empowering our teams to make objective, data-driven decisions quickly across multiple programs,’ says the company website.

 

Activities Supported: BridgeBio supports a vast scope of independent medical education. Independent educational programs include both continuing medical education (CME) and non-CME programs. These programs can be at the national, regional, or local level. The company also supports scientific sponsorships, which may include scientific or research conferences and academic meetings. Besides, this pharma major offers corporate memberships, which could be annual corporate membership for a professional medical association or a not-for-profit healthcare-focused entity. Fellowships are also extended to support ongoing medical education and research.

 

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BridgeBio’s Notable Product Line

 

Attruby: This is a TTR info Transthyretin, pronounced ‘trans-thy-retin,’ or TTR, which is an important protein that helps transport thyroxine, a thyroid hormone, and retinol (vitamin A) in the body. It is a stabilizer that treats wild-type info Wild-type refers to a form of ATTR-cardiac amyloidosis that people develop as they age and hereditary info A characteristic or trait that is passed down through the family in your genes. Attruby slows the buildup of abnormal proteins called amyloid fibrils info When transthyretin (TTR) becomes unstable, it breaks down and reforms into abnormal proteins called amyloid fibrils by attaching to TTR and stabilizing the bonds holding the protein together. TTR remains whole, so it's less likely to break down and reform into the amyloid fibrils that cause ATTR-CM.

 

Nulibry: It is approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for patients with molybdenum cofactor deficiency, or MoCD Type A. Nulibry is available outside of the US via an Early Access Program for patients who meet specific criteria. An Early Access Program is a compliance mechanism through which a healthcare professional can request a medicine that is not commercially available in their country of residence for patients who have serious illnesses, have no alternative treatment options, and who cannot enroll in a clinical trial for treatment. The Nulibry Early Access Program is being managed by Sciensus. Sciensus can only consider requests for access to Nulibry from qualified healthcare professionals.

 

We find great science where the mechanism of a disease is well-understood and develop potential medicines that seek to target those diseases at their source.


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