Chief Executive Officer, Vertex Pharmaceuticals
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Chief Executive Officer, Vertex Pharmaceuticals - Leading Vertex through pain medication expansion
For more than 20 years, doctors facing patients in severe pain had two choices: prescribe opioids that risked addiction, or use weaker alternatives that often fell short. On January 30, 2025, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved suzetrigine—brand name Journavx—ending that drought as the first entirely new class of pain medication since the late 1990s.
Updated Feb 7
Vertex Pharmaceuticals CEO (2020-present) - Leading Vertex as generic competition emerges
A generic version of Trikafta—the breakthrough cystic fibrosis drug that extends lives by decades—hit the market at $12,750 per year. That's 95% cheaper than Vertex Pharmaceuticals' brand-name version, which costs over $300,000 annually and has generated billions while remaining out of reach for patients in developing nations and many Americans with inadequate insurance.
Updated Jan 12
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