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Toggle Summary Vertex Appoints Terrence C. Kearney to its Board of Directors
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today announced that Terrence C. Kearney has joined its board of directors. The addition of Mr. Kearney brings the number of Vertex board members to nine. Mr. Kearney was appointed to the class of directors
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Toggle Summary Vertex Shareholders Approve Proxy Proposals at Annual Meeting
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today announced results of the voting at its 2011 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. At the meeting, shareholders re-elected director nominees Matthew W. Emmens and Wayne J. Riley , M.D.
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Toggle Summary Vertex Reports First Quarter 2011 Financial Results and Reviews Milestones for Key Development Programs
-Hepatitis C: FDA decision on NDA for INCIVEK TM (telaprevir) expected this month- -Cystic Fibrosis: Phase 3 program for VX-770 supports applications for approval in U.S. and E.U., with NDA and MAA planned for second half of 2011- -Financial: Vertex enters second quarter with more than $820 million
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Toggle Summary FDA Advisory Committee Unanimously Recommends Approval of Telaprevir for People with Hepatitis C
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today announced that the Antiviral Drugs Advisory Committee to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) voted unanimously to recommend FDA approval of telaprevir for people with genotype 1 chronic hepatitis
HCV
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Toggle Summary Trading of Vertex Common Stock Halted Today
- Advisory Committee for the Food and Drug Administration reviewing the telaprevir New Drug Application for the treatment of hepatitis C- CAMBRIDGE, Mass. --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (NASDAQ: VRTX) announced that NASDAQ today halted trading of the company's common stock.
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Toggle Summary Vertex and Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Therapeutics to Collaborate on Discovery and Development of New Medicines to Treat the Underlying Cause of Cystic Fibrosis
-Expanded collaboration supports development of a second corrector, VX-661, and accelerated discovery and development of next-generation correctors- -Phase 2 study of VX-661 planned for 2011 in people with CF who have the F508del mutation- CAMBRIDGE, Mass.
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Toggle Summary Data From Phase 3 Studies Showed Substantial Improvements in SVR (Viral Cure) Rates With Telaprevir-Based Therapy Compared to Currently Available Medicines in People With Hepatitis C, Regardless of Their IL28B Genotype Status
- 90% of people with the ‘CC' variation of IL28B who were new to treatment and received a telaprevir-based regimen achieved a viral cure, 78% of them were eligible to stop all treatment at 24 weeks - - Nearly three-fold improvement in viral cure rates was observed among people with the ‘CT' and
HCV
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Toggle Summary Results From Phase 3 REALIZE Study Showed Telaprevir-Based Therapy Significantly Improved SVR (Viral Cure) Rates in People Whose Prior Treatment For Hepatitis C Was Unsuccessful
- All major subgroups achieved significantly higher viral cure rates with telaprevir-based therapy compared to pegylated-interferon and ribavirin: 86% vs. 24% in prior relapsers, 57% vs. 15% in prior partial responders and 31% vs. 5% in prior null responders - - No clinical benefit was observed in
HCV
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Toggle Summary Interim Phase 2 Data Showed Rapid Viral Response to VX-222 in Combination with Telaprevir, Pegylated-Interferon and Ribavirin Among People With Hepatitis C
BERLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today announced interim results from an ongoing Phase 2 study (ZENITH) designed to assess the safety and tolerability of 12-week response-guided treatment regimens with its polymerase inhibitor, VX-222, and its protease
HCV
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Toggle Summary Phase 3 Study of VX-770 in Children Ages 6 to 11 With a Specific Type of Cystic Fibrosis Showed Profound Improvements in Lung Function (FEV1) and Other Measures of Disease Through 24 Weeks
-Mean relative improvement in lung function of 17.4% and mean absolute improvement of 12.5% from baseline compared to placebo in children treated with VX-770- - No discontinuations due to adverse events through 24 weeks - -Vertex on track to submit regulatory applications for the approval of VX-770
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