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Toggle Summary New Data Suggest Vertex's Oral Hepatitis C Virus Protease Inhibitor VX-950 May Reduce Liver Injury; VX-950 Clinical Milestones on Track
New Data Suggest Vertex's Oral Hepatitis C Virus Protease Inhibitor VX-950 May Reduce Liver Injury; VX-950 Clinical Milestones on Track Montreal, Canada, October 3, 2005 - New data show that patients with genotype 1 hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection treated with VX-950, an investigational oral HCV
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Toggle Summary New Data on Telaprevir and VX-222 for the Treatment of Hepatitis C Accepted For Presentation at EASL Annual Meeting
  - Complete results from pivotal Phase 3 REALIZE study of telaprevir in people who had not achieved a viral cure (SVR) with currently available medicines - - First presentation of data from ongoing Phase 2 study evaluating response-guided, 12- and 24-week regimens of telaprevir and VX-222 combined
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Toggle Summary New Data Highlight Anti-HCV Activity of Investigational Oral Hepatitis C Protease Inhibitor VX-950
Results to be Presented at 41st Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of the Liver
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Toggle Summary New Data From Phase 3 Studies Showed Superior SVR (Viral Cure) Rates Achieved with Telaprevir-Based Combination Therapy in People with Hepatitis C, Regardless of Race or Stage of Liver Disease
<i>-75% of people treated in the Phase 3 ADVANCE study achieved a viral cure with telaprevir; majority of people treated for a total of 24 weeks-</i> <br /> <i>-62% of African Americans/Blacks in the ADVANCE study achieved a viral cure with telaprevir-</i> <br /> <i>-Low discontinuation rates of all drugs due to adverse events-</i> <br />
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Toggle Summary New Data for Investigational Hepatitis C Drug Telaprevir (VX-950) to be Presented at AASLD Meeting
&#8212; Combination therapy with telaprevir and pegylated interferon suppressed both wild-type and resistant HCV &#8212;
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Toggle Summary New Data for Investigational CRISPR/Cas9 Gene-Editing Therapy CTX001™ for Severe Hemoglobinopathies Accepted for Oral Presentation at the 25th European Hematology Association (EHA) Congress
ZUG, Switzerland&nbsp;and&nbsp;CAMBRIDGE, Mass.&nbsp;and&nbsp;BOSTON,&nbsp;May 14, 2020&nbsp;(GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --&nbsp; CRISPR Therapeutics &nbsp;(Nasdaq: CRSP) and&nbsp; Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated &nbsp;(Nasdaq: VRTX) today announced that new data from two ongoing Phase 1/2 clinical trials of the CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing therapy CTX001 in
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Toggle Summary New Clinical Data Support Broad Profile for Telaprevir in Patients with Genotype 1 Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Infection
New Clinical Data Support Broad Profile for Telaprevir in Patients with Genotype 1 Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Infection PROVE 3 data show 52% SVR12 in HCV treatment-failure patients with 24-week treatment duration PROVE 2 final results confirm 69% SVR in HCV treatment-naïve patients with 24-week
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Toggle Summary More than 80% of Hepatitis C Patients Treated in Study C208 Achieved an SVR with Telaprevir-Based Regimens
<ul><li class="bwlistitemmarginbottom"><i><b>83% SVR achieved with twice-daily regimen of telaprevir dosed with PEGASYS and ribavirin</b></i></li><li class="bwlistitemmarginbottom"><i><b>Results highlight the use of response-guided therapy in managing treatment outcomes</b></i></li><li class="bwlistitemmarginbottom"><i><b>Similar safety and tolerability observed between telaprevir-based regimens dosed either twice daily or three times daily</b></i></li></ul>
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Toggle Summary Moderna and Vertex Establish New Collaboration to Treat Cystic Fibrosis Using Gene Editing
Second collaboration between Moderna and Vertex based on Moderna’s proprietary mRNA and LNP technology Collaboration will leverage Vertex’s investments and capabilities in genetic technologies for CF Moderna to receive $75 million upfront, with potential for additional development, regulatory and
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Toggle Summary Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany Licenses Four Oncology Research and Development Programs from Vertex
-Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany licenses two promising clinical-stage programs targeting DNA damage and repair, and two novel pre-clinical programs- -Vertex receives upfront payment of $230 million plus royalties on future sales- BOSTON --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated
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