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Toggle Summary Vertex Announces Positive Results From the VX-548 Phase 3 Program for the Treatment of Moderate-to-Severe Acute Pain
– Treatment with VX-548 led to statistically significant improvement in pain compared to placebo as well as a clinically meaningful reduction in pain from baseline in both the abdominoplasty and bunionectomy randomized controlled trials – – Treatment with VX-548 was also shown to be effective in
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Toggle Summary Vertex to Announce Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2023 Financial Results on February 5
BOSTON --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 17, 2024-- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) will report its fourth quarter and full year 2023 financial results on Monday, February 5, 2024 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 Announces US FDA Approval of CASGEVY™ (exagamglogene autotemcel) for the Treatment of Transfusion-Dependent Beta Thalassemia
- Approximately 1,000 patients in the U.S. 12 years of age and older are now eligible for this one-time treatment - BOSTON --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 16, 2024-- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved CASGEVY™
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Toggle Summary Vertex Announces Approval of First CRISPR/Cas9 Gene-Edited Therapy, CASGEVY™, for the Treatment of Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) and Transfusion-Dependent Beta Thalassemia (TDT) in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- CASGEVY™ is first medicine ever to be evaluated through the SFDA’s Breakthrough Medicines Program - - First treatment center in Saudi Arabia has been activated - BOSTON --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 9, 2024-- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) announced today that the Saudi Food and
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Toggle Summary Vertex Provides Pipeline and Business Updates in Advance of Upcoming Investor Meetings
BOSTON --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 7, 2024-- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today announced multiple program updates ahead of upcoming investor meetings in January, including the company’s scheduled webcast from the 42 nd Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference on Monday, January
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Toggle Summary Vertex to Present at the 42nd Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference on January 8
BOSTON --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 18, 2023-- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today announced that Dr. Reshma Kewalramani , Chief Executive Officer and President, will present at the 42 nd Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference on Monday, January 8, 2024 at 11:15 a.m.
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Toggle Summary Vertex Receives CHMP Positive Opinion for the First CRISPR/Cas9 Gene-Edited Therapy, CASGEVY™ (exagamglogene autotemcel), for the Treatment of Sickle Cell Disease and Transfusion-Dependent Beta Thalassemia
  - If approved by the European Commission , patients 12 years of age and older with severe sickle cell disease or transfusion-dependent beta thalassemia, for whom hematopoietic stem cell transplantation is appropriate and a human leukocyte antigen matched related donor is not available, would be
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Toggle Summary Vertex Announces Positive Results From Phase 2 Study of VX-548 for the Treatment of Painful Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy
– Treatment with the NaV1.8 inhibitor VX-548 led to statistically significant and clinically meaningful reduction in the primary endpoint of change from baseline in the Numeric Pain Rating Scale (NPRS) – – VX-548 was generally well tolerated – – Vertex plans to advance VX-548 into pivotal
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Toggle Summary Positive Results from Pivotal Trials of CASGEVY™ (exagamglogene autotemcel) Highlighted in Oral Presentations at the American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting and Exposition
- Longer-term follow-up data demonstrate consistent and durable response to treatment - BOSTON --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 11, 2023-- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today announced two oral presentations at the American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting and Exposition from
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Toggle Summary Vertex and CRISPR Therapeutics Announce US FDA Approval of CASGEVY™ (exagamglogene autotemcel) for the Treatment of Sickle Cell Disease
– First-ever approval of a CRISPR-based gene-editing therapy in the U.S.   – – Approximately 16,000 patients 12 years of age and older with severe sickle cell disease may now be eligible for this one-time treatment – – Multiple authorized treatment centers activated – BOSTON & ZUG, Switzerland
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