Vertex Pharmaceuticals Yesterday, January 30, 2025, Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX) announced FDA approval of journavx™(suzetrigine), a First-in-Class treatment for adults with moderate-to-severe acute pain. Today, Vertex Announced the CASGEVY® Reimbursement Agreement for treating Sickle Cell Disease in England. We start with the Approval of the JOURNAVX™ News Yesterday, after the stock market closed, Vertex Pharmaceuticals announced that the  U . . . This content is for paid …

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX) announced a United States  FDA has approved ALYFTREK (vanzacaftor/tezacaftor/deutivacaftor), a once-daily triple combination Cystic Fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) modulator for the treatment of cystic fibrosis (CF) in people 6 years and . . . This content is for paid subscribers. Please click here to subscribe or here to log in.

Vertex Pharmaceuticals ASH Announcement Today, December 8, 2024, Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX) announced longer-term data for CASGEVY™ (exagamglogene autotemcel) from global clinical trials in people with severe sickle cell disease (SCD) or transfusion-dependent beta-thalassemia (TDT). CASGEVY is the first and only approved CRISPR/Cas9 gene . . . This content is for paid subscribers. Please click here to subscribe or here to log in.

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Announcement October 18, 2024, Vertex Pharmaceuticals  (VRTX) today announced that the company will present its pivotal Phase 3 data on suzetrigine, an investigational, oral, highly selective NaV1.8 pain signal inhibitor for the treatment of moderate-to-severe acute pain, at the annual meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists . . . This content is for paid subscribers. Please click here to subscribe or here to log in.

Vertex Announces CASGEVY™ Reimbursement Agreement with NHS England Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX) announced a reimbursement agreement with NHS England for eligible transfusion-dependent beta-thalassemia (TDT) patients to access the CRISPR/Cas9 gene-edited therapy, CASGEVY™ (exagamglogene autotemcel).  The United Kingdom Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) granted CASGEVY the first authorization in the world for a CRISPR-based . . . This content is for paid subscribers. Please click here …

Prohost Letter #460 Treating IgA Nephropathy Immunoglobulin A (IgA), the antibody of the immune system known to fight infections, can itself cause two important diseases. It can attack the body causing autoimmune diseases and  can build up glomeruli in the kidneys causing inflammation leading to a devastating disease known as IgA Nephropathy (IgAN) aka Berger’s Nephritis.  IgAN makes it hard for the kidneys to filter …

Vertex Pharmaceuticals News Today, May 15, 2024, Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX) announced that Jennifer Schneider, M.D., M.S., has been elected to its Board of Directors as an independent director. Why is this news Great News? Dr. Schneider has more than two decades of experience in the health care industry as a physician, scientist and health care executive. She co-founded . . . This content is for …

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX) reported consolidated financial 2024 results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2024, and reiterated full year 2024 financial guidance. Reshma Kewalramani, M.D., Chief Executive Officer and President of Vertex Pharmaceuticals said, “Vertex delivered a strong start to 2024 with 13 percent product revenue growth and outstanding execution across the business. This quarter, we continued to expand our leadership . …

Vertex Pharmaceuticals and TreeFrog Therapeutics in the NEWS Vertex Pharmaceuticals  (VRTX) and TreeFrog Therapeutics announced that Vertex has obtained an exclusive license to TreeFrog’s proprietary cell manufacturing technology, C-StemTM, to optimize production of Vertex’s cell therapies for Type 1 diabetes (T1D). TreeFrog and Vertex will collaborate to scale up TreeFrog’s process to produce and amplify cells for . . . This content is for paid …

Vertex Pharmaceuticals in the NEWS Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX) announced advancements across its suzetrigine pain program, which has the potential to be the first new class of medicine for acute and neuropathic pain in more than two decades. Vertex’s product suzetrigine is an oral selective NaV1.8 pain signal inhibitor, which has been granted FDA Fast Track and Breakthrough Therapy Designations in moderate-to-severe . . . This …

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Acquisition of Alpine Immune Sciences We start this posting by answering a question by savvy investors regarding Vertex Pharmaceuticals' (VRTX) decision to acquire Alpine Immune Sciences (

Vertex Pharmaceuticals in the NEWS Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX) announced that the European Medicines Agency’s (EMA’s) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) adopted a positive opinion for the label expansion of KALYDECO ® (ivacaftor) for the treatment of infants with cystic fibrosis (CF) ages 1 month to less than 4 months old who have one of the . . . This content is for …

CRISPR Therapeutics Announcement Today, Feb. 15, 2024, CRISPR Therapeutics announced that members of its senior management team will present at the Citi 2024 Virtual Oncology Leadership Summit on Wednesday, Feb 21, 2024, at 1:00 p.m. ET. A live webcast of the fireside chat will be available on Events & Presentations page in the Investors section of the Company's website. A replay of the webcast will …

Crispr Therapeutics First NEWS As we learned from Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX) in an earlier, posted press release about the European approval, Crispr Therapeutics (CRSP) has also announced the same breakthrough . . . This content is for paid subscribers. Please click here to subscribe or here to log in.

European Commission Grants Conditional Marketing to Vertex Pharmaceuticals CASGEVY Tuesday Feb 13, 2024, Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX) announced that the European Commission has granted conditional marketing authorization to CASGEVY (exagamglogene autotemcel ), a CRISPR/Cas9 gene-edited therapy. CASGEVY is being approved for patients 12 years of age and older with severe sickle cell disease (SCD) characterized by recurrent vaso . . . This content is for paid …

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Positive Results for VX-548 Today, Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX) announced positive results from its Phase 3 program for the treatment of moderate-to-severe acute pain. The Phase 3 program included two randomized, double- blind, placebo-controlled, pivotal trials, one following abdominoplasty . . . This content is for paid subscribers. Please click here to subscribe or here to log in.

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Updates Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX) announced multiple program updates ahead of the upcoming investor meetings in January, including the 42 Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference, which took place on January 8, 2024. From Vertex Pharmaceuticals Reshma Kewalramani, M.D., Chief Executive Officer and President of Vertex said,  “2023 was marked by continued strong performance in the cystic fibrosis business and acceleration of our . . …

Editas Medicine and Vertex Pharmaceuticals in the NEWA Today December 13, 2023, Editas Medicine (EDIT) announced that it entered into an agreement with Vertex Pharmaceuticals (

Vertex Pharmaceuticals in the NEWS Today, December 13, 2023, Vertex  Pharmaceuticals (VRTX) announced positive results from its Phase 2 dose-ranging study of the selective NaV1.8 inhibitor VX-548 in people with painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN). Treatment with all . . . This content is for paid subscribers. Please click here to subscribe or here to log in.

Crispr Therapeutics and Vertex Pharmaceuticals Gene Editing Therapey Will Be Marketed On Nov. 16, 2023, Crispr Therapeutics (CRSP) and Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX)