Health Canada approves Cytokinetics' aficamten for heart condition

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Cytokinetics Announces Health Canada Approval of MYQORZO® (aficamten) for the Treatment of Adults with Symptomatic Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

October 19, 2026 7:30 AM EDT

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Oct. 19, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cytokinetics, Incorporated (Nasdaq: CYTK) today announced that Health Canada has issued a Notice of Compliance authorizing MYQORZO® (aficamten) for the treatment of symptomatic obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (oHCM) of New York Heart Association (NYHA) class II-III in adult patients. MYQORZO is a once-daily, oral allosteric and reversible inhibitor of cardiac myosin motor activity. In patients with oHCM, myosin inhibition with MYQORZO reduces cardiac contractility and left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) obstruction.

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