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Toggle Summary Vertex to Acquire Semma Therapeutics With a Goal of Developing Curative Cell-Based Treatments for Type 1 Diabetes
-Semma’s unique investigational approach combines robust production process of pancreatic islet cells with proprietary delivery system to restore insulin secretion in type 1 diabetes patients- -Semma to be acquired for $950 million in cash- BOSTON & CAMBRIDGE, Mass. --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep.
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Toggle Summary Vertex to Present at the Morgan Stanley Global Healthcare Conference on September 11
BOSTON --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep. 10, 2019-- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today announced that management will present at the Morgan Stanley Global Healthcare Conference on Wednesday, September 11, 2019 at 12:15 p.m. ET . The audio portion of management’s remarks can be accessed
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Toggle Summary Vertex Announces New Access Agreement with Scottish Government for ORKAMBI® (lumacaftor/ivacaftor) and SYMKEVI® (tezacaftor/ivacaftor)
Eligible patients in Scotland will immediately have access to ORKAMBI (lumacaftor/ivacaftor) and SYMKEVI (tezacaftor/ivacaftor) in combination with ivacaftor LONDON --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep. 12, 2019-- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (NASDAQ: VRTX) today announced that eligible cystic fibrosis
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Toggle Summary Vertex and Ribometrix Establish Strategic Collaboration to Discover and Develop RNA-Targeted Small Molecule Therapeutics
  -Partnership will leverage Ribometrix’s discovery platform for up to three therapeutic programs-     -Ribometrix to receive $20 million in upfront payment and Vertex equity investment; potential for additional milestones and royalty payments-     BOSTON & DURHAM, N.C. --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep.
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Toggle Summary Vertex Appoints Carmen Bozic, M.D., as New Chief Medical Officer and Nia Tatsis, Ph.D., as New Chief Regulatory Officer
  BOSTON --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 1, 2019-- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today announced that Carmen Bozic , M.D., has been appointed as the company’s Executive Vice President, Global Medicines Development and Medical Affairs. Dr.
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Toggle Summary Vertex Receives European CHMP Positive Opinion for KALYDECO® (ivacaftor) to Treat Eligible Infants with Cystic Fibrosis as Early as 6 Months of Age
- If approved, ivacaftor will be the first and only medicine to treat the underlying cause of cystic fibrosis for children this young - LONDON --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 18, 2019-- Vertex Pharmaceuticals (Europe) Limited today announces that the European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) Committee for
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Toggle Summary Vertex Announces Reimbursement of Cystic Fibrosis Medicines SYMDEKO® (tezacaftor/ivacaftor and ivacaftor) for Eligible Patients Ages 12 and Older, and ORKAMBI® (lumacaftor/ivacaftor) in Children Ages 2 to 5, With Certain CFTR Mutations in Australia
LONDON --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 19, 2019-- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (NASDAQ: VRTX) today announced that SYMDEKO ® (tezacaftor/ivacaftor and ivacaftor) is reimbursed in Australia for people with cystic fibrosis (CF) ages 12 years and older who are homozygous for the F508del mutation or who
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Toggle Summary Spanish Government Approves National Reimbursement of ORKAMBI® (lumacaftor/ivacaftor) and SYMKEVI® (tezacaftor/ivacaftor) in Combination With KALYDECO® (ivacaftor)
LONDON --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 21, 2019-- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (NASDAQ: VRTX) today announced that the Spanish Government has approved terms for the national reimbursement of ORKAMBI ® (lumacaftor/ivacaftor) and SYMKEVI ® (tezacaftor/ivacaftor) in combination with KALYDECO ®
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Toggle Summary ADDING MULTIMEDIA FDA Approves TRIKAFTA™ (elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor and ivacaftor) to Treat the Underlying Cause of Cystic Fibrosis in People Ages 12 and Older Who Have at Least One F508del Mutation
- For the first time, approximately 6,000 patients with one minimal function mutation and one F508del mutation have a medicine to treat the underlying cause of their disease– -12,000 people with one or two F508del mutations who are currently eligible for one of Vertex’s three other FDA -approved
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Toggle Summary FDA Approves TRIKAFTA™ (elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor and ivacaftor) to Treat the Underlying Cause of Cystic Fibrosis in People Ages 12 and Older Who Have at Least One F508del Mutation
- For the first time, approximately 6,000 patients with one minimal function mutation and one F508del mutation have a medicine to treat the underlying cause of their disease– -12,000 people with one or two F508del mutations who are currently eligible for one of Vertex’s three other FDA -approved
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