About Vertex Pharmaceutical Incorporated

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated is a biotechnology company in the business of discovering, developing and commercializing small molecule drugs for the treatment of serious diseases. The Company has a number of drug candidates in development, including compounds targeting hepatitis C virus infection, rheumatoid arthritis , cystic fibrosis, cancer, pain and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Vertex is concentrating most of its drug development resources on three compounds: VX-950 for the treatment of chronic HCV infection, VX-702 for the treatment of RA and VX-770 for the treatment of cystic fibrosis. knowledge.