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Toggle Summary Yuchun Lee Appointed to the Vertex Board of Directors
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today announced that Yuchun Lee joined its board of directors as an independent director. Mr. Lee was appointed to the class of directors whose term expires in 2013.
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Toggle Summary William Young Joins Vertex Board of Directors
BOSTON --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today announced that William Young joined its board of directors as an independent director. Mr. Young was elected to the class of directors whose term expires in 2017. The Vertex board now consists of 10 members. "Mr.
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Toggle Summary VX-950, Investigational Oral Hepatitis C Protease Inhibitor, Demonstrates Rapid and Dramatic Reduction in Viral Levels in Combination with Pegylated Interferon
--Median 5.5 log10 reduction in HCV RNA achieved in patients receiving VX-950 and peg-IFN in 14-day clinical study--
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Toggle Summary VX-787 Showed Significant Antiviral Activity and Reduced the Severity and Duration of Influenza Symptoms in Phase 2 Challenge Study
- Treatment with highest dosing regimen of VX-787 reduced viral shedding by 94 percent versus placebo; Duration of flu symptoms were reduced by nearly half - - VX-787 is an investigational new class of medicine designed to directly inhibit replication of the influenza virus - CAMBRIDGE, Mass.
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Toggle Summary Viral Suppression of Once-Daily LEXIVA Plus Ritonavir Sustained Over 120 Weeks in ART-naive Subjects, According to Study Presented at DART
Viral Suppression of Once-Daily LEXIVA Plus Ritonavir Sustained Over 120 Weeks in ART-naive Subjects, According to Study Presented at DART Montego Bay, Jamaica, December 15, 2004 -- The protease inhibitor (PI) LEXIVA(R) (fosamprenavir calcium) plus ritonavir (LEXIVA/r) dosed once daily (QD)
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Toggle Summary Vertex’s Paul Negulescu Awarded the Warren Alpert Foundation Prize for Pioneering Discoveries in Cystic Fibrosis
BOSTON --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun. 21, 2018-- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today announced that Senior Vice President Paul Negulescu has been named one of the winners of this year’s Warren Alpert Foundation Prize for “transformative discoveries in the fields of genetics,
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Toggle Summary Vertex's Collaborator Merck Suspends Patient Enrollment in Clinical Trials of MK-0457 (VX-680) Pending Full Analysis of Clinical Data
-- Companies continue broad program to develop investigational Aurora kinase inhibitors as novel treatments for a range of cancers -- -- Merck to initiate clinical development of VX-689 --
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Toggle Summary Vertex to Present New Data on VX-880 Clinical Trial at 82nd American Diabetes Association Annual Conference
BOSTON --(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 31, 2022-- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today announced three abstracts, including two oral presentations and one poster, detailing data on type 1 diabetes (T1D) and its Phase 1/2 trial of VX-880, a stem cell‑derived, fully differentiated
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Toggle Summary Vertex to Present New Data on its Portfolio of Cystic Fibrosis Medicines at the 2022 North American Cystic Fibrosis Conference
- New clinical data show TRIKAFTA ® (elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor and ivacaftor) continues to deliver significant benefit across a variety of outcomes and over the long term in people with CF - BOSTON --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 3, 2022-- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today
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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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