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Toggle Summary Vertex Receives CHMP Positive Opinion for KAFTRIO® (ivacaftor/tezacaftor/elexacaftor) in Combination With Ivacaftor for Children With Cystic Fibrosis Ages 2 Through 5
-If approved, more than 1,200   children would be newly eligible for a medicine that could treat the underlying cause of their disease- BOSTON --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep. 15, 2023-- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today announced that the European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) Committee
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Toggle Summary Vertex Presents Positive, Updated VX-880 Results From Ongoing Phase 1/2 Study in Type 1 Diabetes at the European Association for the Study of Diabetes 59th Annual Meeting
- All patients treated with VX-880 in Parts A and B have follow-up data beyond Day 90 and have demonstrated islet cell engraftment and glucose-responsive insulin production - - All patients showed improvement across all measures of glucose control, including decreases in HbA1c, increases in blood
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Toggle Summary Vertex Appoints Michel Lagarde to its Board of Directors
BOSTON --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 5, 2023-- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today announced that Michel Lagarde has been appointed to its Board of Directors as an independent director. Mr. Lagarde is a senior health care and business leader with global expertise, currently serving
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Toggle Summary Vertex to Announce Third Quarter 2023 Financial Results on November 6
BOSTON --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 10, 2023-- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) will report its third quarter 2023 financial results on Monday, November 6, 2023 after the financial markets close. The company will host a conference call and webcast at 4:30 p.m. ET .
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Toggle Summary Vertex to Present at Upcoming Investor Conferences
BOSTON --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 26, 2023-- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today announced management participation in two upcoming investor conferences. Charles Wagner , Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, and David Altshuler , M.D., Ph.D., Executive Vice
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Toggle Summary Vertex to Present Data Highlighting Long-Term Benefits of TRIKAFTA® at the North American Cystic Fibrosis Conference
BOSTON --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 2, 2023-- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today announced that data on TRIKAFTA ® (elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor and ivacaftor), which can treat the underlying cause of cystic fibrosis (CF) in ~90% of people with the disease, will be presented at
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Toggle Summary Vertex to Present New Data on Exagamglogene Autotemcel (exa-cel) at the American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting and Exposition
- New data including longer duration follow-up from SCD and TDT pivotal trials accepted for oral presentation – - Five additional abstracts accepted for poster presentation - BOSTON --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 2, 2023-- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today announced that seven
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Toggle Summary Vertex Reports Third Quarter 2023 Financial Results
— Product revenue of $2.48 billion , a 6% increase compared to Q3 2022 — — Company raises full year 2023 product revenue guidance to approximately $9.85 billion — — U.S. FDA Advisory Committee meeting for exa-cel in SCD completed; PDUFA date for exa-cel in SCD is December 8, 2023 — — Pipeline
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Toggle Summary Vertex and CRISPR Therapeutics Announce Authorization of the First CRISPR/Cas9 Gene-Edited Therapy, CASGEVY™ (exagamglogene autotemcel), by the United Kingdom MHRA for the Treatment of Sickle Cell Disease and Transfusion-Dependent Beta Thalassemia
  - First regulatory authorization of a CRISPR-based gene-editing therapy in the world – - CASGEVY is indicated for the treatment of sickle cell disease in patients 12 years of age and older with recurrent vaso-occlusive crises who have the βS/βS, βS/β+ or βS/β0 genotype, for whom hematopoietic
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Toggle Summary European Commission Approves KAFTRIO® in Combination With Ivacaftor for the Treatment of Children With Cystic Fibrosis Ages 2 Through 5
-More than 1,200 children are newly eligible for a medicine that could treat the underlying cause of their disease- BOSTON --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 23, 2023-- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today announced that the European Commission has granted approval for the label expansion
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