Vertex Pharmaceuticals
50 Northern Ave
Boston
Massachusetts
02210
United States
Tel: 617-341-6100
Website: http://www.vrtx.com/
About Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Vertex is a global biotechnology company that invests in scientific innovation to create transformative medicines for people with serious and life-threatening diseases.
We discovered and developed the first medicines to treat the underlying cause of cystic fibrosis (CF), a rare, life-threatening genetic disease. In addition to clinical development programs in CF, Vertex has more than a dozen ongoing research programs focused on the underlying mechanisms of other serious diseases.
Founded in 1989 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, our corporate headquarters is now located in Boston’s Innovation District, and our international headquarters is in London, United Kingdom. We currently employ approximately 2,500 people in the United States, Europe, Canada, Australia and Latin America with nearly two-thirds of our staff dedicated to research and development.
Vertex is consistently recognized as one of the industry’s top places to work by Science Magazine, The Boston Globe, Boston Business Journal and the San Diego Business Journal. Our research and medicines have also received esteemed recognitions, including the Robert J. Beall Therapeutics Development Award, the French Prix Galien and the British Pharmacological Society awards.
609 articles with Vertex Pharmaceuticals
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Vertex and Kymera Therapeutics Establish Strategic Collaboration to Discover and Develop Targeted Protein Degradation Medicines for Serious Diseases
5/15/2019
Multi-year collaboration leveraging Kymera’s proprietary targeted protein degradation platform to develop novel medicines
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The move by Vertex is part of the company's plan to diversify its drug discovery strategies.
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For young people looking to find a career path, the pharmaceutical industry is a good one to go into, especially if salary is a major concern.
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Boston and its surrounding communities, particularly the community of Cambridge, have become the hottest biotech hotspot on the East Coast of the United States.
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Whenever drug companies come under criticism for the cost of their drugs, one of the defenses touted is that only about one in 10 drugs make it to market. As a broad figure, that’s probably about right, although at least one report ranks it higher, while another provides a bit more nuance.
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BioSpace Movers and Shakers: April 5
4/5/2019
Pharma, biotech and life science companies strengthen leadership teams, with news from Vertex, Arvinas, Provention, Enterome, and more. -
Nearly 8,000 Packets of Orkambi Destroyed as the U.K. and Vertex Hash out Pricing Concerns
3/28/2019
Cystic fibrosis drugmaker Vertex was forced to destroy nearly 8,000 packs of its drug Orkambi after the medication had expired before they could be shipped to the United Kingdom due to a contentious pricing fight. -
This morning, Boston-based Vertex said its triple-combination treatment VX-445, tezacaftor and ivacaftor resulted in statistically significant improvements in lung function in two late-stage cystic fibrosis trials.
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With Boston and the surrounding area being one of the centers of the pharmaceutical world, it should come as no surprise that some of the top-selling medications are based in the Bay State.
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Positive Phase 3 Study for Tezacaftor/Ivacaftor Combination in Children Aged 6-11 Years with Cystic Fibrosis Supports European Medicines Agency Submission
2/14/2019
Study met primary endpoint with a statistically significant improvement in absolute change in lung clearance index (LCI2.5) through 8 weeks of tezacaftor/ivacaftor treatment
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Every year, BioSpace analyzes the biotech industry, looking for the hot new biotech startups to watch. Here’s a look at the top 3 companies from the Top 20 Life Science Startups to Watch in the U.S. from 2016.
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BioSpace Movers and Shakers: Jan. 25
1/25/2019
Movers and Shakers is BioSpace's weekly roundup of leadership appointments and changes within the biopharma world. Included this week are Genentech, Editas, Sage, Sangamo, and more. -
Vertex fired Chief Operating Officer Ian Smith, who had also been serving as interim chief financial officer since December. The Boston-based company said it promptly launched a comprehensive investigation into the allegations made against Smith with the assistance of an independent external coun...
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Vertex Announces European Commission Approval for ORKAMBI® (lumacaftor/ivacaftor) for Treatment of Children with Cystic Fibrosis Aged 2 to 5 Years Old with Most Common Form of the Disease
1/21/2019
Lumacaftor/ivacaftor is the first and only approved medicine in Europe to treat the underlying cause of cystic fibrosis for approximately 1,500 children aged 2 to 5 with two copies of the F508del mutation
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New Year, fresh start? Could be. WalletHub recently compared more than 180 cities across the U.S., using 30 key indicators to evaluate their job strength. Some of those factors were job opportunities, employment growth, monthly average starting salary and employment outlook.
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The Orphan Drug Act (ODA) was enacted on January 4, 1983. It was designed to encourage the development of drugs for rare diseases. The law was amended the following year to define rare diseases as ones that affect fewer than 200,000 people in the U.S. But it also included drugs that affect more t...
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With the holidays over and the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference next week, companies were clearly revving their engines, ready to race into the new year. Here’s a roundup of some of the top deals that were announced today.
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EvaluatePharma and Vantage recently released their Vantage 2019 Preview which looks at the current year’s biopharma market and makes projections about the upcoming year.
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Vertex to Present at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference on January 7
1/2/2019
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today announced that management will present at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference on Monday, January 7, 2019 at 2:30 p.m. ET (11:30 a.m. PT).
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Vertex Announces it will Submit Cystic Fibrosis Medicines ORKAMBI® (lumacaftor/ivacaftor) as well as SYMKEVI® (tezacaftor/ivacaftor) to be Used in Combination with ivacaftor, to the Scottish Medicines Consortium for Appraisal
12/19/2018
Vertex Pharmaceuticals (Europe) Limited today announced that, following constructive discussions with the Scottish Government, it will submit ORKAMBI® (lumacaftor/ivacaftor) as well as SYMKEVI® (tezacaftor/ivacaftor) to be used in combination with ivacaftor, to the Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) for appraisal.