CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 13, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today announced results of the voting at its 2010 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. At the meeting, shareholders re-elected director nominees Dr. Joshua Boger, Dr. Charles A. Sanders and Elaine S.
BOSTON --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today announced that Sangeeta N. Bhatia , M.D., Ph.D., joined its board of directors as an independent director. Dr. Bhatia was elected to serve a three-year term ending in 2018. " Dr.
-Mean absolute treatment difference in lung function (percent predicted FEV 1 ) between treatment with ivacaftor and placebo was 10.7% (p < 0.0001); mean relative treatment difference between treatment with ivacaftor and placebo was 14.2% (p < 0.0001)- -Statistically significant improvements
- All major subgroups achieved significantly higher viral cure rates with telaprevir-based therapy compared to pegylated-interferon and ribavirin: 86% vs. 24% in prior relapsers, 57% vs. 15% in prior partial responders and 31% vs. 5% in prior null responders - - No clinical benefit was observed in
- 12 of 12 (100%) patients HCV RNA undetectable with no evidence of viral breakthrough at end of 28 days VX-950 dosing -<br />
- 92% (11 of 12) continued to have undetectable HCV RNA through 12 weeks of follow-on therapy -
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) announced today that the Health Service Executive (HSE) in the Republic of Ireland will fund KALYDECO™ (ivacaftor), the first medicine to treat the underlying cause of cystic fibrosis (CF), for people ages 6 and
-Data are consistent with in vitro observations in residual function mutations showing that ivacaftor improved CFTR activity- -8-week open-label period showed improvements in lung function- -Data support plans to initiate a Phase 3 study of ivacaftor in people with CF who have a residual function
