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Toggle Summary The Vertex Foundation Donates $500,000 to Partners HealthCare to Support COVID-19 Outbreak Response
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
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Toggle Summary Vertex Confirms Supply Chain Continuity and Business Outlook for Its Cystic Fibrosis Medicines and Provides Initial Update on Development Programs
BOSTON --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar. 27, 2020-- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq:VRTX) today confirmed its 2020 business outlook and the continuity of the company’s supply chain for its approved cystic fibrosis (CF) medicines and provided an update on its development programs given the ongoing
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Toggle Summary The Vertex Foundation Commits $5 Million to Support Global COVID-19 Pandemic Response
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
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Toggle Summary Vertex to Announce First-Quarter 2020 Financial Results on April 29
BOSTON --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr. 20, 2020-- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) will report its first-quarter 2020 financial results on Wednesday, April 29, 2020 after the financial markets close. The company will host a conference call and webcast at 5:00 p.m. ET .
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Toggle Summary Vertex Announces Innovative Reimbursement Agreement in Switzerland for ORKAMBI® (lumacaftor/ivacaftor) and SYMDEKO® (tezacaftor/ivacaftor and ivacaftor) for Eligible Cystic Fibrosis Patients
Agreement also enables the possibility of rapid patient access to future triple combination regimen (elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor and ivacaftor) once approved in Switzerland LONDON --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr. 21, 2020-- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today announced that it has
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Toggle Summary The Vertex Foundation Announces Donation to Food Banks Canada to Help With COVID-19 Response
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.
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Toggle Summary Vertex Pharmaceuticals and Affinia Therapeutics Establish Multi-Year Collaboration to Discover and Develop Novel AAV Capsids for Genetic Therapies
Affinia Therapeutics’ proprietary AAV vector technology to be used in Vertex’s genetic therapy efforts with focus on Duchenne muscular dystrophy, myotonic dystrophy type 1 and cystic fibrosis BOSTON & WALTHAM, Mass. --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr. 27, 2020-- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
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Toggle Summary Vertex Announces Virtual 2020 Annual Meeting and Internet Access to Proxy Materials
BOSTON --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr. 28, 2020-- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today announced that, due to public health and travel safety concerns related to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, its 2020 Annual Meeting of Shareholders will be held as a virtual meeting.
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Toggle Summary Vertex Reports First-Quarter 2020 Financial Results
-Product revenues of $1.52 billion , a 77% increase compared to Q1 2019- -Company raises revenue guidance; now expects 2020 CF revenues of $5.3 to $5.6 billion - BOSTON --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr. 29, 2020-- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today reported consolidated financial
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Toggle Summary Vertex Receives European CHMP Positive Opinion for KALYDECO® (ivacaftor) for Children and Adolescents With Cystic Fibrosis Between the Ages 6 Months and 18 Years With the R117H Mutation in the CFTR Gene
- If approved, KALYDECO ® (ivacaftor) will be the first and only medicine in Europe to treat the underlying cause of cystic fibrosis in patients with the R117H mutation, the most common residual function mutation, as young as 6 months of age - LONDON --(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 1, 2020-- Vertex
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