Keyword: Vertex Pharmaceuticals

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RoslinCT to Join Manufacturing Network for CRISPR-Based Therapy

04.12.2023 -

UK’s RoslinCT, a cell and gene therapy contract development and manufacturing organization, will be part of the Vertex Pharmaceuticals global network producing the CRISPR...

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Lonza, Vertex Break Ground on New US Cell Therapy Plant

05.09.2023 -

Last week, Lonza and Vertex Pharmaceuticals broke ground on a new US facility in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, to manufacture cell therapies for diabetes.

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Vertex Buys ViaCyte for $320 Million

19.07.2022 -

US-based Vertex Pharmaceuticals has agreed to pay $320 million in cash to acquire ViaCyte, a compatriot private cellular therapy company specializing in a treatment for...

Strategy & Management

Continuous Pharmaceutical Manufacturing

15.04.2020 - The pharmaceutical industry has been slowly, but surely, embrac­ing continuous manufacturing (CM) over the past decade. In fact, most large pharma companies have invested in...

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Top-Selling Drugs for Ultra-Rare Diseases

03.01.2013 - Rare diseases are a growing focus for drug companies, with prices for some treatments for ultra-rare conditions running into hundreds of thousands of dollars a year. The following...

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Entering the Age of the $1 Million Medicine

03.01.2013 - The Western world's first drug to fix faulty genes promises to transform the lives of patients with an ultra-rare disease that clogs their blood with fat. The only snag is the...

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US FDA New Drug Approvals Hit 16-Year High in 2012

02.01.2013 - U.S. regulators approved 39 new drugs in 2012, the most in 16 years, suggesting that pharmaceutical makers are poised for growth after losing billions of dollars in recent years to...

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Vertex Posts Q3 Loss as Hepatitis Drug Sales Plunge

02.11.2012 - Vertex Pharmaceuticals reported a net loss for the third quarter on Thursday with results hurt by fast-declining sales of its Incivek hepatitis C drug, as the company turned its...