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Toggle Summary Vertex Provides Update on its Clinical Programs Targeting Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency
- Phase 2 study of VX-814 in patients with alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency discontinued based upon safety and pharmacokinetic data - - Phase 2 study of VX-864 continues to enroll and dose patients; data expected in H1 2021 - - AATD research program continues to progress - BOSTON --(BUSINESS
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Toggle Summary Vertex to Announce Third-Quarter 2020 Financial Results on October 29
BOSTON --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 19, 2020-- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) will report its third-quarter 2020 financial results on Thursday, October 29, 2020 after the financial markets close. The company will host a conference call and webcast at 4:30 p.m. ET .
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Toggle Summary Vertex Reports Third-Quarter 2020 Financial Results
-Product revenues of $1.54 billion , a 62% increase compared to Q3 2019- -Company raises revenue guidance; now expects 2020 product revenues of $6.0 to $6.2 billion - BOSTON --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 29, 2020-- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today reported consolidated financial
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Toggle Summary CRISPR/Cas9 Gene-Editing Therapy CTX001™ for Severe Hemoglobinopathies Accepted for Plenary Presentation at the 62nd American Society of Hematology (ASH) Meeting and Exposition
ZUG, Switzerland and CAMBRIDGE, Mass. and BOSTON, Nov. 04, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CRISPR Therapeutics (Nasdaq: CRSP) and Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today announced data in seven patients from two ongoing Phase 1/2 clinical trials of the investigational CRISPR/Cas9
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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 to Present at the Jefferies Virtual London Health Care Conference on November 19
BOSTON --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 12, 2020-- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today announced that management will present at the Jefferies Virtual London Health Care Conference on Thursday, November 19, 2020 at 9:05 a.m. ET ( 2:05 p.m. GMT ).
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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 Announces European Commission Approval for SYMKEVI® (tezacaftor/ivacaftor) With KALYDECO® (ivacaftor) for Eligible Children With Cystic Fibrosis Ages 6-11 Years
- The combination therapy is a new treatment option for CF patients who are homozygous for F508del - - The only medicine to treat the underlying cause of CF in this age group with one F508del mutation and one of 14 residual function mutations - LONDON --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov.
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Toggle Summary CRISPR Therapeutics and Vertex to Host Investor Webcast to Review Data Presented at the 62nd American Society of Hematology Annual (ASH) Meeting and Exposition for Investigational CRISPR/Cas9 Gene-Editing Therapy CTX001™ in Sickle Cell Disease and Beta Thalassemia
ZUG, Switzerland and CAMBRIDGE, Mass. and BOSTON , Dec. 01, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CRISPR Therapeutics (Nasdaq: CRSP) and Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today announced that the companies will host an investor webcast on December 9, 2020 at 8:00 a.m.
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Toggle Summary CRISPR Therapeutics and Vertex Present New Data for Investigational CRISPR/Cas9 Gene-Editing Therapy, CTX001™ at American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting and Exposition, Together With Publication in the New England Journal of Medicine
- Beta thalassemia: All seven patients were transfusion independent with 3 to 18 months of follow-up after CTX001 infusion - - Sickle cell disease: All three patients were free of vaso-occlusive crises with 3 to 15 months of follow-up after CTX001 infusion - - Nineteen patients have been dosed with
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