This post is Part 2 of 2 in our summary of Chairman and CEO David Hochman’s recent shareholder update call, which provided a detailed perspective on Orchestra BioMed’s progress through 2025.
In Part 1, we focused on the Company’s strengthened capital position and strategic partnerships. In this second installment, we turn to the clinical and operational progress that defines Orchestra BioMed’s execution across its two flagship programs - AVIM Therapy and Virtue SAB - both now the focus of pivotal-stage clinical trials that are actively enrolling patients.
In late October, Orchestra BioMed announced that first patients were enrolled in the Virtue Trial, a U.S. pivotal IDE study evaluating the Virtue® Sirolimus AngioInfusion™ Balloon (Virtue SAB) against Boston Scientific’s AGENT™ paclitaxel-coated balloon for the treatment of coronary in-stent restenosis (ISR). Coronary ISR is a difficult-to-treat and serious complication of coronary stenting that increases the risk of life-threatening heart problems, affecting an estimated 100,000 patients in the U.S. annually.
The Virtue Trial marks a significant step toward U.S. regulatory approval for Virtue SAB and reflects a broader paradigm shift in coronary interventions toward “leave-nothing-behind” strategies that utilize drug delivery balloons and avoid using stents, permanent metal implants.
Virtue SAB stands apart from existing drug delivery balloons which are all drug-coated balloons. Virtue SAB was designed specifically to provide important, fundamental differentiating features:
The Virtue Trial will enroll approximately 740 patients at up to 75 U.S. centers, with enrollment completion targeted for mid-2027.
As Mr. Hochman noted during the call, Virtue SAB represents “…a fundamentally different, and we believe, superior approach to arterial drug delivery…We believe Virtue SAB is a very exciting pivotal-stage asset that offers a substantial future value creation opportunity, which we are driving toward from a position of financial, operational, and strategic strength.”
AVIM (Atrioventricular Interval Modulation) Therapy continues to advance in the BACKBEAT global pivotal study, which is designed to evaluate its potential to treat uncontrolled hypertension in patients indicated for or recently implanted with dual-chamber pacemakers.
The therapy — delivered as proprietary firmware programming — is designed to substantially and persistently lower blood pressure while improving cardiac function in hypertensive heart disease.
Key 2025 milestones include:
Recent peer-reviewed publications have also reinforced the therapeutic promise of AVIM Therapy as a potential treatment for hypertensive heart disease, a condition where heart muscles become damaged over time due to prolonged or chronic high blood pressure:
With both Virtue SAB and AVIM Therapy now enrolling patients in pivotal studies, Orchestra BioMed is entering the last phase of clinical execution toward potential regulatory approvals and strategic value inflection. Key upcoming Company catalysts include:
As Mr. Hochman summarized:
“2025 has clearly been a successful and eventful year for Orchestra BioMed to date, with recent developments positioning us to operate on all cylinders for both of our pivotal-stage, high-impact programs…We are very well capitalized to achieve key clinical and regulatory milestones [and] we expect 2026 will be a landmark year for Orchestra BioMed, with target completion of enrollment in the BACKBEAT study and primary endpoint results data to follow thereafter, given that the primary efficacy and safety endpoints are measured at three months follow-up.“
For shareholders, this translates to clear visibility into the Company’s next two years of milestones — a period expected to define Orchestra BioMed’s trajectory as a pivotal-stage medtech innovator with two Breakthrough Device-designated programs moving toward market readiness.
— Team OBIO
Published November 2025
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