BOSTON --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr. 2, 2019-- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today announced the appointment of Charles (Charlie) Wagner as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective April 10, 2019 . Mr. Wagner will report directly to Vertex Chairman,
-A new treatment option for patients with two copies of the F508del mutation, the most common mutation in cystic fibrosis- -First medicine in Australia to treat the underlying cause of cystic fibrosis in patients who have certain mutations that result in residual CFTR function- BOSTON --(BUSINESS
-Mean absolute improvement in ppFEV 1 of 13.8 percentage points from baseline at week 4 in people with one F508del mutation and one minimal function mutation (F/MF) compared to placebo (p
-First patient infused with CTX001 in a Phase 1/2 clinical trial for patients with beta thalassemia- -First patient enrolled in a Phase 1/2 clinical trial of CTX001 for patients with sickle cell disease- ZUG, Switzerland and CAMBRIDGE and BOSTON, Mass., Feb.
BOSTON --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 21, 2019-- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today announced that Lloyd Carney has been appointed to its board of directors as an independent director. Mr. Carney is a prominent technology executive with experience leading innovative, high-growth
-Study met primary endpoint with a statistically significant improvement in absolute change in lung clearance index (LCI 2.5 ) through 8 weeks of tezacaftor/ivacaftor treatment- -Tezacaftor in combination with ivacaftor was generally well tolerated and safety data were consistent with previous
- Full-year 2018 CF product revenues of $3.04 billion , a 40% increase compared to $2.17 billion in 2017; fourth-quarter 2018 CF product revenues of $868 million - - Full-year 2018 GAAP operating income increased 415% to $635 million ; non-GAAP operating income increased 97% to $1.11 billion - -
-KALYDECO is the first and only approved medicine in Canada to treat the underlying cause of cystic fibrosis in these young patients- BOSTON --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 28, 2019-- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today announced that Health Canada has granted Market Authorization for
BOSTON --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 23, 2019-- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today announced that Ian Smith has been terminated as Chief Operating Officer and interim Chief Financial Officer (CFO) effective immediately. Mr. Smith’s termination is the result of personal behavior that
BOSTON --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 22, 2019-- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) will report its full year and fourth quarter 2018 financial results on Tuesday, February 5, 2019 after the financial markets close. The company will host a conference call and webcast at 4:30 p.m. ET .