-Unique collaboration between a biotech company, nonprofit organization and academic centres to focus on underlying biology of IBD-<br>
-Collaboration complements Vertex's ongoing IBD research efforts
at its Canadian research and development site-
BOSTON --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun. 14, 2018-- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today announced that Vertex employees and The Vertex Foundation have together donated over $1 million through the Company’s new dollar-for-dollar matching gift program.
TORONTO , April 24, 2020 /CNW/ - Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated announced that the Vertex Foundation , a nonprofit charitable foundation, will donate $50,000 CAD to Food Banks Canada to support their COVID-19 Response Fund . Food banks across Canada have been severely impacted by COVID-19.
LONDON --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep. 10, 2020-- The Vertex Foundation , a nonprofit charitable foundation, today announced a €1 million donation to Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) to support the construction of a Ronald McDonald House at the new children’s hospital in Dublin, Ireland .
BOSTON --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr. 7, 2020-- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today announced that the Vertex Foundation , a nonprofit charitable foundation, commits to make donations totaling $5 million in 2020 to support global COVID-19 relief efforts, including doubling its match
BOSTON --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today announced that the Vertex Foundation , a nonprofit charitable foundation, is making a $500,000 gift to Partners HealthCare , a Boston -based nonprofit hospital and physician network, to support the needs of patients
- 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.
-Treatment with combination of VX-661 and ivacaftor for 28 days in two highest dose groups resulted in mean relative increases in lung function (percent predicted FEV 1 ) of 9.0% (p=0.01) and 7.5% (p=0.02) versus placebo - -VX-661 was generally well-tolerated alone and in combination with
-Combination of lumacaftor and ivacaftor is the first regimen designed to treat the underlying cause of CF in people with two copies of the F508del mutation, the most common form of the disease- -All four 24-week treatment arms achieved primary endpoint of mean absolute improvement in FEV 1
- Study in people who have two copies of the F508del mutation demonstrated a mean absolute improvement in ppFEV 1 of 4.0 percentage points compared to placebo (p
