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Toggle Summary Vertex Announces European Commission Approval for KALYDECO® (ivacaftor) in Infants With Cystic Fibrosis Ages 6 Months to Less Than 12 Months With Certain Mutations in the CFTR Gene
- Ivacaftor is the first and only approved medicine in Europe to treat the underlying cause of cystic fibrosis in children this young - LONDON --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 10, 2019-- Vertex Pharmaceuticals (Europe) Limited today announced that the European Commission has granted approval of the label
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Toggle Summary Vertex Announces European Commission Approval for KALYDECO® (ivacaftor) for Children and Adolescents With Cystic Fibrosis Between the Ages of 6 Months and 18 Years With the R117H Mutation in the CFTR Gene
- KALYDECO ® (ivacaftor) is the first and only approved medicine in Europe to treat the underlying cause of cystic fibrosis in patients with the R117H mutation, the most common residual function mutation, in children as young as 6 months of age - LONDON --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun.
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Toggle Summary Vertex Announces European Commission Approval for KALYDECO® (ivacaftor) as First and Only CFTR Modulator to Treat Eligible Infants With Cystic Fibrosis as Early as Four Months of Age
- Approval provides opportunity to treat the underlying cause of cystic fibrosis earlier than ever before in Europe - LONDON --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 5, 2020-- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today announced that the European Commission has granted approval of the label extension
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Toggle Summary Vertex Announces European Commission Approval for KAFTRIO® (ivacaftor/tezacaftor/elexacaftor) in Combination With Ivacaftor to Treat Cystic Fibrosis Patients 12 Years and Older With At Least One F508del Mutation in the CFTR gene
- New indication includes people ages 12 years and older who have one copy of the F508del mutation regardless of the other mutation type - - People with gating (F/G) or residual function (F/RF) mutations now eligible for the triple combination therapy - LONDON --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr.
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Toggle Summary Vertex Announces European Authorization for Third Cystic Fibrosis Medicine SYMKEVI® (tezacaftor/ivacaftor), to be used in combination with ivacaftor (KALYDECO®), for People with CF Aged 12 and Older with Certain Mutations in the CFTR gene
- A new treatment option for patients with two copies of the F508del mutation, the most common mutation in cystic fibrosis - - First medicine in the EU to treat the CFTR protein defect in patients who have one copy of the F508del mutation and one copy of one of 14 mutations that result in residual
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Toggle Summary Vertex Announces Dr. Jeffrey Leiden to Transition to Role of Executive Chairman, Effective April 1, 2020 and Dr. Reshma Kewalramani Appointed as New Chief Executive Officer
BOSTON --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul. 25, 2019-- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today announced that its Board of Directors has approved the planned transition of Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey Leiden , M.D., Ph.D, into the role of Executive Chairman of the
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Toggle Summary Vertex Announces Departure of Ian Smith, Names Interim CFO
BOSTON --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 23, 2019-- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today announced that Ian Smith has been terminated as Chief Operating Officer and interim Chief Financial Officer (CFO) effective immediately. Mr. Smith’s termination is the result of personal behavior that
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Toggle Summary Vertex Announces Data Presentations at European Cystic Fibrosis Society (ECFS) Conference
-Analysis from TRAFFIC and TRANSPORT extension study of lumacaftor in combination with ivacaftor showed that improvements in lung function and other measures of disease were maintained through 48 weeks in people with cystic fibrosis who have two copies of the F508del mutation- BRUSSELS --(BUSINESS
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Toggle Summary Vertex Announces Data from 12-Week Phase 2 Safety Study of VX-661 in Combination with Ivacaftor in People with Cystic Fibrosis Who Have Two Copies of the F508del Mutation
-The combination was generally well tolerated and all patients completed 12 weeks of treatment- -Mean within-group absolute improvement from baseline in lung function of 4.4 (p=0.009) and 3.0 (p=0.026) percentage points at week 4 and through 12 weeks of treatment, respectively, in patients who
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Toggle Summary Vertex Announces Completion of Phase 2 Study of VX-765 in People with Epilepsy who did not Respond to Previous Treatment
-Results support continued development of VX-765 in people with treatment-resistant epilepsy- CAMBRIDGE, Mass. --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today announced results from a recently completed Phase 2 study of VX-765 in 60 people with treatment-resistant
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