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VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC
NASDAQ:VRTX (4/18/2024, 12:05:39 PM)
393.9
+0.8 (+0.2%)
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a global biotechnology company, which engages in the business of discovering, developing, manufacturing, and commercializing small molecule drugs for patients with serious diseases. The company is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts and currently employs 4,800 full-time employees. The firm is focused on developing medicines that treat the underlying cause of cystic fibrosis (CF). Its pipeline includes mid- and late-stage clinical programs in sickle cell disease, beta thalassemia, acute and neuropathic pain, APOL1-mediated kidney disease, type 1 diabetes, and alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, and earlier-stage programs in diseases such as muscular dystrophies. Its marketed medicines are TRIKAFTA/KAFTRIO (elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor and ivacaftor), SYMDEKO/SYMKEVI (tezacaftor/ivacaftor and ivacaftor), ORKAMBI (lumacaftor/ivacaftor) and KALYDECO (ivacaftor). The firm has a pipeline of investigational small molecule, cell and genetic therapies in other serious diseases where it has deep insight into causal human biology, including sickle cell disease, beta thalassemia, APOL1-mediated kidney disease, pain, type 1 diabetes, alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency and Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INC
50 Northern Avenue
Boston MASSACHUSETTS 02210
P: 16173416393
CEO: Reshma Kewalramani
Employees: 4800
Website: https://www.vrtx.com/
The biotech just added another potential growth driver to its pipeline.
The biotech just added another potential growth driver to its pipeline.
Vertex just laid claim to an asset that might be very valuable.
Vertex just laid claim to an asset that might be very valuable.
Vertex Pharmaceuticals' $4.9 billion purchase of Alpine Immune Sciences probably won't be the last acquisition of a company focused on kidney disease.
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