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-FDA Grants Priority Review of the application and sets a PDUFA target action date of March 19, 2020 - -Application supported by positive results from two global Phase 3 studies in people with cystic fibrosis ages 12 and older with one F508del mutation and one minimal function mutation and in

- Product revenues of $940 million , a 25% increase compared to 2018 - - Company increases full-year 2019 total product revenue guidance to $3.6 to $3.7 billion - - Company advancing programs in 5 additional diseases beyond cystic fibrosis - BOSTON --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul.

BOSTON --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul. 25, 2019-- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today announced that its Board of Directors has approved the planned transition of Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey Leiden , M.D., Ph.D, into the role of Executive Chairman of the

-Application supported by positive results from two global Phase 3 studies in people with CF ages 12 and older with one F508del mutation and one minimal function mutation and in people with two F508del mutations- BOSTON --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul. 22, 2019-- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq:

BOSTON --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul. 17, 2019-- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) will report its second quarter 2019 financial results on Wednesday, July 31, 2019 after the financial markets close. The company will host a conference call and webcast at 4:30 p.m. ET .

-SYMDEKO is now approved for patients 6 years of age and older with two copies of the F508del mutation or one copy of a responsive mutation- -Vertex's third medicine approved to treat the underlying cause of CF in eligible patients in this age range- BOSTON --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun.

-Provides Vertex with leading gene editing capabilities to develop novel therapies for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1- -CRISPR to receive an upfront payment of $175 million , with potential for additional milestone and royalty payments- -Exonics to be acquired for an

BOSTON --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun. 4, 2019-- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today announced that data from six scientific abstracts from the company’s portfolio of cystic fibrosis (CF) medicines will be presented at the 42 nd European Cystic Fibrosis Conference , taking place June

-Mean absolute improvement in ppFEV 1 of 14.3 percentage points from baseline through week 24 of treatment compared to placebo (p

-Multi-year collaboration leveraging Kymera’s proprietary targeted protein degradation platform to develop novel medicines- -Kymera to receive $70 million upfront, including equity investment, and potential additional milestone and royalty payments for up to six programs in the collaboration-

- First-quarter 2019 product revenues of $857 million , a 34% increase compared to $638 million in 2018- - First-quarter 2019 GAAP operating income increased 115% to $277 million ; non-GAAP operating income increased 81% to $377 million - - On track to choose best triple combination regimen in Q2

-Opportunity to treat the underlying cause of CF earlier than ever before- -Safety data from Phase 3 ARRIVAL study support treatment with KALYDECO in children ages six to

ZUG, Switzerland and CAMBRIDGE and BOSTON, Mass. – April 16, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CRISPR Therapeutics (Nasdaq: CRSP) and Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Fast Track Designation for CTX001 for the

BOSTON --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr. 12, 2019-- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) will report its first quarter 2019 financial results on Tuesday, April 30, 2019 after the financial markets close. The company will host a conference call and webcast at 4:30 p.m. ET .

BOSTON --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr. 2, 2019-- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today announced the appointment of Charles (Charlie) Wagner as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective April 10, 2019 . Mr. Wagner will report directly to Vertex Chairman,

-A new treatment option for patients with two copies of the F508del mutation, the most common mutation in cystic fibrosis- -First medicine in Australia to treat the underlying cause of cystic fibrosis in patients who have certain mutations that result in residual CFTR function- BOSTON --(BUSINESS

-Mean absolute improvement in ppFEV 1 of 13.8 percentage points from baseline at week 4 in people with one F508del mutation and one minimal function mutation (F/MF) compared to placebo (p

-First patient infused with CTX001 in a Phase 1/2 clinical trial for patients with beta thalassemia- -First patient enrolled in a Phase 1/2 clinical trial of CTX001 for patients with sickle cell disease- ZUG, Switzerland and CAMBRIDGE and BOSTON, Mass., Feb.

BOSTON --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 21, 2019-- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today announced that Lloyd Carney has been appointed to its board of directors as an independent director. Mr. Carney is a prominent technology executive with experience leading innovative, high-growth

-Study met primary endpoint with a statistically significant improvement in absolute change in lung clearance index (LCI 2.5 ) through 8 weeks of tezacaftor/ivacaftor treatment- -Tezacaftor in combination with ivacaftor was generally well tolerated and safety data were consistent with previous