I was living on the precipice of end-stage disease when I enrolled in the clinical trial that resulted in the historically fast Food and Drug Administration approval for the game-changing cystic ...

The cost of a popular Vertex Pharmaceuticals therapy could be contributing to cystic fibrosis (CF) treatment disparities around the world, researchers argued in a recent paper. Just 12% of some ...

COLORADO (KCNC) — Some Coloradans are sounding an alarm after learning a state board is considering capping the price of a life-saving drug. They’re worried the move could cause the manufacturer to ...

Kearns lives in Watson Lake, Yukon, and was born with cystic fibrosis (CF). According to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation , "cystic fibrosis is a progressive, genetic disease that affects the lungs, ...

For people with cystic fibrosis, like Sabrina Walker, Trikafta has been a life-changer. Before she started taking the drug, she would wind up in the hospital for weeks at a time until antibiotics ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Colorado’s new prescription drug review board decided in a first-in-the-nation vote that a medication costing more than $200,000 a year doesn’t qualify as ...

CHANNAHON, Ill. (WLS) -- Brandon Wolfe enjoys spending quality time with his family. Playing with his young sons wasn't always easy, but he has a lot more energy to play after testing a new drug to ...

A cystic fibrosis drug called Trikafta is widely available in the U.S. and Europe. It has transformed life for tens of thousands of people with the disease in high-income countries. But what happens ...

Vertex finished out 2021 strong, smashing analyst’s sales expectations for the full year. Chalk it up to the company’s entrenched position in cystic fibrosis, where Vertex expects to maintain its lead ...

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted its ...

Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX) announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the expanded use of Trikafta for the treatment of people with cystic fibrosis ages 2 and older who have at ...