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Toggle Summary Vertex Receives European CHMP Positive Opinion for KALYDECO® (ivacaftor) to Treat Patients With Cystic Fibrosis Aged 12 to <24 months With Certain Mutations in the CFTR Gene
If approved, ivacaftor will be the first and only medicine to treat the underlying cause of cystic fibrosis for these young children LONDON --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 19, 2018-- Vertex Pharmaceuticals (Europe) Limited today announces that the European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) Committee for Medicinal
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Toggle Summary Vertex Receives European CHMP Positive Opinion for KALYDECO™ (ivacaftor) in Eight Non-G551D Gating Mutations
-In Europe, approximately 250 people ages 6 and older have one of 8 additional gating mutations- -KALYDECO is the first medicine to treat the underlying cause of CF in people with non-G551D gating mutations- EYSINS, Switzerland --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX)
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Toggle Summary Vertex Receives European CHMP Positive Opinion for KALYDECO™ (ivacaftor), the First Medicine to Treat the Underlying Cause of Cystic Fibrosis
- Global studies showed significant and sustained improvements in lung function and other measures of disease among people with a specific genetic mutation - CAMBRIDGE, Mass. --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) announced today that the European Committee for
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Toggle Summary Vertex Receives European CHMP Positive Opinion for ORKAMBI® (lumacaftor/ivacaftor) for Treatment of Children with Cystic Fibrosis Aged 2 to 5 Years Old with Most Common Form of the Disease
- If approved, lumacaftor/ivacaftor will be the first medicine in Europe to treat the underlying cause of cystic fibrosis for approximately 1,500 young children with two copies of the F508del mutation - LONDON --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 16, 2018-- Vertex Pharmaceuticals (Europe) Limited today
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Toggle Summary Vertex Receives European CHMP Positive Opinion for SYMKEVI® (tezacaftor/ivacaftor) for People with Cystic Fibrosis Aged 12 and Older with Certain Mutations in the CFTR Gene
If approved, SYMKEVI ® (tezacaftor/ivacaftor) will be Vertex’s third medicine to treat the CFTR protein defect in patients with cystic fibrosis – a rare life-shortening disease LONDON --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul. 27, 2018-- Vertex Pharmaceuticals (Europe) Limited , today announced that the European
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Toggle Summary Vertex Receives Two EU Approvals for KALYDECO® (ivacaftor) for People with Cystic Fibrosis
- European Commission approves expanded use of ivacaftor in children with cystic fibrosis ages 2 to 5 who have one of 9 gating mutations; approximately 125 children ages 2 to 5 have one of the approved gating mutations in Europe - - European Commission approves expanded use of ivacaftor in people
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Toggle Summary Vertex Receives U.S. Food and Drug Administration Approval of KALYDECO® (ivacaftor) for Children with Cystic Fibrosis Ages 2 to 5 who have Specific Mutations in the CFTR Gene
BOSTON --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved KALYDECO ® for use in children ages 2 to 5 with cystic fibrosis (CF) who have one of 10 mutations in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance
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Toggle Summary Vertex Recommends Rejection of ‘Mini-Tender’ Offer From TRC Capital Investment Corporation
BOSTON --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 13, 2020-- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq:VRTX) today announced that it has been notified of an unsolicited “mini-tender” offer dated November 9, 2020 , made by TRC Capital Investment Corporation , an Ontario, Canada , corporation to purchase up to
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Toggle Summary Vertex Reports 2010 Financial Results and Highlights Recent Progress in Hepatitis C and Cystic Fibrosis Development Programs
  -Hepatitis C: Regulatory agencies in U.S., Europe and Canada to provide accelerated reviews of telaprevir applications- -Cystic Fibrosis: First Phase 3 registration data for VX-770 expected in first quarter 2011; potential regulatory submissions in the U.S. and E.U.
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Toggle Summary Vertex Reports 52% SVR 12 Rate for a 24-week Telaprevir-based Regimen in Genotype 1 Hepatitis C Patients Who Failed Prior Treatment
-- 73% of prior relapsers achieved SVR12 with 24-week<br> telaprevir-based treatment<br><br> -- 41% of prior non-responders achieved SVR12 with 24-week<br> telaprevir-based regimen
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