Vertex Pharmaceuticals
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 3,500 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.
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Details last updated 03-Oct-2019
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CRISPR's gene editing therapy finds cure for blood cancer
STAT - 05-Dec-2020
Early data from Vertex & CRISPR showed promising results to cure blood disorders
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New Scientist - 12-Jun-2020
Didn't change the inherited faulty gene, but gene to switch on fetal haemoglobin production
Read more...First attempt to use CRISPR tool to treat a genetic disorder
NPR - 29-Jul-2019
Cells are being taken from patients' bone marrow and genetically modified with CRISPR
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