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Toggle Summary Vertex Appoints Nancy Thornberry to its Board of Directors
BOSTON --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 5, 2023-- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today announced that Nancy Thornberry has been appointed to its Board of Directors as an independent director. Ms. Thornberry has more than 35 years of experience in the pharmaceutical and biotech
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Toggle Summary Vertex Announces European Medicines Agency Validation for Marketing Authorization Application Extension for KAFTRIO® in Combination With Ivacaftor to Include People With Cystic Fibrosis and Responsive Rare Mutations
  -Application to add ~200 non-F508del CFTR mutations to the KAFTRIO ® license- -If approved, ~2,800 people with cystic fibrosis in the European Union ages 2 and above could receive a medicine that treats the underlying cause of their disease for the first time- LONDON --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov.
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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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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 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 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 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 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 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 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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