Vertex Pharmaceuticals

About

Vertex is a global biotechnology company that invests in scientific innovation to create transformative medicines for people with serious diseases. The company has multiple approved medicines that treat the underlying cause of cystic fibrosis (CF) — a rare, life-threatening genetic disease. Vertex has a robust pipeline of investigational small molecule medicines in other serious disease areas where it has deep insight into causal human biology, including APOL1-mediated kidney diseases and APOL1-mediated focal segmental glomerulosclerosis. In addition, Vertex has a rapidly expanding pipeline of genetic and cell therapies for diseases such as sickle cell disease, beta thalassemia, Duchenne muscular dystrophy and type 1 diabetes mellitus.

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