Search Search Search Nav Share Main extra This site is intended for U.S. audiences only U.S. WEBSITE Main navigation VOICES HOME CONTACT Just Because It Has a Treatment, Doesn’t Mean It’s Easy: Living With Type 1 Diabetes Polyphagia, polydipsia, polyuria. At age 19 as a junior in college, I didn’t know that I was presenting with three very classic symptoms of type 1 diabetes (T1D) — frequent hunger, thirst and urinatio… Science JUST BECAUSE IT HAS A TREATMENT, DOESN’T MEAN IT’S EASY: LIVING WITH TYPE 1 DIABETES Vertex Culture RECOGNIZING WOMEN LEADERS AT VERTEX Science VERTEX FORWARD: TAKING ON ALPHA-1 ANTITRYPSIN DEFICIENCY Science VERTEX FORWARD: DIVING INTO TYPE 1 DIABETES Featured T1D Just Because It Has a Treatment, Doesn’t Mean It’s Easy: Living With Type 1 Diabetes Gary Meininger, M.D. | October 29, 2021 Polyphagia, polydipsia, polyuria. At age 19 as a junior in college, I didn’t know that I was presenting with three very classic symptoms of type 1 dia… DISCOVER MORE WOMEN LEADERS Recognizing Women Leaders at Vertex Vertex Pharmaceuticals | November 15, 2021 An indispensable executive assistant. A rock star computational genomicist. A fearless regulatory and quality leader. This month, these three Verte… DISCOVER MORE STEAM EDUCATION The Evolution of Global STEAM Education at Vertex Vertex Pharmaceuticals | October 25, 2021 Reviewed by: Melodie Knowlton, Ph.D., Senior Director of STEAM Education and Meg Driscoll, STEAM Education Specialist DISCOVER MORE Vertex’s Mother and Dad of the Year Honorees Talk Passion, Priorities and Perspective Vertex Pharmaceuticals | September 30, 2021 Reviewed by: Diana Cruz Solash, Vice President, Inclusion, Diversity and Equity, Talent Management and Early Career Talent DISCOVER MORE COVID-19 COVID-19 and the Power of Precision Medicine David Altshuler, M.D., Ph.D. | August 25, 2021 The impact of COVID-19 has touched all our lives in profound ways. From the start I’ve been particularly focused on the science and health impacts — b… DISCOVER MORE STEAM EDUCATION Investing in the Future: A Conversation With Vertex and Year Up Vertex Pharmaceuticals | September 16, 2021 This summer, Vertex hosted an engrossing conversation between Reshma Kewalramani, Vertex’s CEO and President, and Gerald Chertavian, Founder and CEO o… DISCOVER MORE Vertex Forward: Innovating in Pain Research Paul Negulescu | January 12, 2021 At Vertex, we think about pain, especially severe pain, as a major societal burden and an area with huge unmet need. Severe pain affects millions of p… DISCOVER MORE SCHOLARSHIPS Introducing Vertex’s 2021 Science Leaders Scholars Vertex Pharmaceuticals | August 30, 2021 Vertex is proud to announce this year’s Vertex Science Leaders Scholars — Chiruza Muhimuzi and Mykayla Smith. They will both receive a four-year, full… DISCOVER MORE BETA THALASSEMIA Personal Experiences Push Us Forward in Beta Thalassemia Bastiano Sanna, Ph.D. | May 25, 2021 As Vertex advances our cell and genetic therapy programs, we are continually inspired and motivated by the patients and communities we aim to serve. B… DISCOVER MORE INNOVATION Perspectives on Cell and Genetic Therapies at ASGCT 2021 Bastiano Sanna, Ph.D. | May 05, 2021 I just had the opportunity to attend this year’s American Society of Gene &amp; Cell Therapy (ASGCT) annual meeting — one of my favorite conferences o… DISCOVER MORE TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK Celebrating Teachers and Cultivating a Pipeline to Strengthen Their Workforce Katharine Jensen | April 30, 2021 Unprecedented. It’s a term we’ve all heard often throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, but it really sums up what I know the past year has been like for t… DISCOVER MORE CYSTIC FIBROSIS Our Future Journey in Cystic Fibrosis Yves Zinggeler | April 23, 2021 When we started our journey in cystic fibrosis (CF) more than 20 years ago, the idea of fixing the broken protein that causes the disease seemed more … DISCOVER MORE TYPE 1 DIABETES 100 Years of Insulin: Inspired by Past Innovation, Excited for the Future of Type 1 Diabetes David Altshuler, M.D., Ph.D. | April 08, 2021 This year marks the 100-year anniversary of the discovery of insulin as a treatment for people with type 1 diabetes (T1D), and over the past century, … DISCOVER MORE EARTH MONTH Minimizing Vertex’s Environmental Footprint Charles Wagner | April 12, 2021 As a CFO, there are many things I love about April — the return of warm weather and the start of golf season in Boston, and of course, the opportunity… DISCOVER MORE Vertex Recognizes Rare Disease Day® Amit Sachdev | February 16, 2021 At Vertex Pharmaceuticals, we recognize Rare Disease Week and Rare Disease Day® at the end of February every year, but our commitment to patients is o… DISCOVER MORE VERTEX FOUNDATION Vertex Foundation: 2020 Impact Overview Michael Parini | January 19, 2021 2020 was an unimaginable year, and I’m extremely proud of the impact the Vertex Foundation continues to make. Faced with unprecedented challenges, we … DISCOVER MORE Vertex Forward: Innovating in Pain Research Paul Negulescu | January 12, 2021 At Vertex, we think about pain, especially severe pain, as a major societal burden and an area with huge unmet need. Severe pain affects millions of p… DISCOVER MORE Virtual Onboarding: Lessons Learned at Vertex Kim Rose | January 07, 2021 Challenge brings opportunity, and our Employee Experience team has embraced both the challenges and opportunities of onboarding more than 700 new empl… DISCOVER MORE Vertex Forward: Diving Into Type 1 Diabetes Felicia Pagliuca | November 23, 2020 At Vertex we’re focused on developing potentially transformative new therapies for diseases where we have a deep understanding of the underlying causa… DISCOVER MORE DRUG DISCOVERY PROCESS Academia to Biotech: Vertex’s New Program to Help Physician-Scientists Enter the Exciting World of Drug Discovery and Development Gary Meininger, M.D. | November 17, 2020 Physician investigators are uniquely qualified to leverage both their clinical and their scientific training to make an impact in how we care for pati… DISCOVER MORE SCIENCE Vertex Forward: Taking on Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency Kilpatrick Carroll | October 06, 2020 Every year in November, Vertex joins the alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency community in recognizing AATD Awareness Month. To help raise awareness about t… DISCOVER MORE APOL-1 Vertex Forward: Exploring APOL1-Mediated Kidney Diseases Heather Bell | October 27, 2020 In 2010, scientists showed that higher rates of two severe kidney diseases in African Americans could be attributed to variants in a gene called APOL1… DISCOVER MORE The Vertex Foundation: Supporting Disaster Relief Efforts Katharine Jensen | October 13, 2020 Natural disasters impact hundreds of millions of people every year and claim the lives of nearly 100,000 people annually around the world. This create… DISCOVER MORE Our Uncompromising Commitment to Patients During COVID-19 and Beyond Amit Sachdev | September 25, 2020 One of our core values at Vertex is an&nbsp;Uncompromising Commitment to Patients. As our Chief Patient Officer, what I love about our values is that … DISCOVER MORE PATIENTS Vertex Forward: Illustrating Our Scientific Strategy David Altshuler, M.D., Ph.D. | September 14, 2020 At Vertex, we believe the most important medicines are those that have transformative impact for patients. And while drug discovery and development ar… DISCOVER MORE STEAM EDUCATION STEAM Goes Virtual at Vertex This Summer Melodie Knowlton, Ph.D. | July 06, 2020 Every summer, there’s a special buzz of energy in our Vertex Learning Labs that goes beyond what you might find during the daily class visits we host … DISCOVER MORE GENE EDITING Leading the Way on Gene Editing David Altshuler, M.D., Ph.D. & Bastiano Sanna, Ph.D. | June 12, 2020 At Vertex, our strategy is to invest in scientific innovation to make transformative medicines for serious diseases. We are advancing that strategy wi… DISCOVER MORE Supporting Students: Announcing the 2020 Vertex Foundation Scholarship Recipients Katharine Jensen | May 19, 2020 The Vertex Foundation Scholarship helps people with cystic fibrosis (CF) and their immediate family members pursue two-year, four-year or graduate deg… DISCOVER MORE Bridging the Gap: At the Intersection of Data Science and Health Care Aman Bhandari and Mike Tirozzi | May 14, 2020 We live in a world that relies on data. Data is used to inform everything from our hiring practices, to our building and lab designs, our clinical dev… DISCOVER MORE VERTEX FOUNDATION The Vertex Foundation: Helping Employees Give and Coming Together as a Global Community Katharine Jensen | May 05, 2020 Partnering with our communities to make the places where we live and work stronger is a priority for the Vertex Foundation, especially during these un… DISCOVER MORE COMMITMENT TO PATIENTS Going the Distance in Cystic Fibrosis Amit Sachdev | May 01, 2020 One of the reasons I joined Vertex back in 2007 was the fierce passion I felt from every employee to pursue science in the name of transforming lives … DISCOVER MORE COVID19 Leading Through the Unknowable Jeffrey Leiden | April 15, 2020 The Milken Institute released new essays in their #PowerofIdeas series on the unique challenges, opportunities for growth and collaborative responses … DISCOVER MORE DIVERSITY Meet Two Outstanding Women Making an Impact at Vertex and Beyond Stephanie Franklin | March 31, 2020 At Vertex, we have some of the industry’s best and brightest minds working together to bring transformative new medicines to people living with seriou… DISCOVER MORE COVID19 An Open Letter to the Cystic Fibrosis Community About COVID-19 Reshma Kewalramani | March 18, 2020 We are all facing serious challenges as a result of the rapidly evolving COVID-19 pandemic. We also know that a respiratory illness can be especially … DISCOVER MORE STEM WEEK STEM Week Brings Hands-on Learning to Future Scientists in San Diego Melodie Knowlton, Ph.D. | March 04, 2020 I love the work we do at Vertex to get kids excited about science. Whether it’s a visit to our Learning Lab for a hands-on experiment or a placement i… DISCOVER MORE RARE DISEASE DAY Vertex Shows Its Stripes for Rare Disease Day® Amit Sachdev | February 24, 2020 On the last day of February, we honor Rare Disease Day, an annual awareness day to elevate public understanding of rare diseases and call attention to… DISCOVER MORE VERTEX FOUNDATION The Vertex Foundation: 2019 Impact Michael Parini | February 13, 2020 We created the Vertex Foundation as a long-term source of charitable giving to make a difference in the lives of people living with serious diseases a… DISCOVER MORE Looking for a Summer Internship? Here’s Why Vertex Is the Best Place to Launch Your Career Stephanie Franklin | February 10, 2020 At Vertex, we bring the best and brightest minds together to strike at the core of serious diseases. Everyone who is hired — an intern, our leaders an… DISCOVER MORE LGBTQ Vertex Named a Best Place to Work for LGBTQ Equality Stephanie Franklin | January 21, 2020 I’m incredibly proud to share that Vertex has received a perfect score on the Human Rights Campaign’s 2020 Corporate Equality Index (CEI), a national … DISCOVER MORE SUPPORTING PATIENTS The Vertex GPS Team: Supporting Patients, Building Relationships Dan Johnson | January 06, 2020 Whether you’re a parent of a child newly diagnosed with cystic fibrosis (CF) or a college student learning how to manage the disease while living away… DISCOVER MORE FELLOWS The Vertex Fellows Program: Recruiting the Fifth Class David Altshuler, M.D., Ph.D. | December 17, 2019 When I moved to Vertex in 2015 from the Broad Institute, I quickly recognized a gap in the biomedical ecosystem: there are precious few opportunities … DISCOVER MORE GENETIC THERAPIES Our Vision for the Future of Cell and Genetic Therapies at Vertex Dr. Jeffrey Leiden | December 12, 2019 Over the last 30 years, drugs and devices stemming from important scientific research have revolutionized the treatment of serious diseases, so much s… DISCOVER MORE GIVING How We Support Giving Throughout the Year Michael Parini | December 03, 2019 Helping others is at the heart of what we do here at Vertex. Whether it’s developing transformative medicines to help those with serious diseases or e… DISCOVER MORE CRISPR A Milestone in Science and Medicine Dr. Jeffrey Leiden | November 20, 2019 Today we announced the first data from our CRISPR gene-editing program for sickle cell disease and transfusion-dependent beta thalassemia. These early… DISCOVER MORE DAY OF SERVICE Teaming Up to Serve Our Communities at the 11th Annual Day of Service Katharine Jensen | November 14, 2019 Volunteering is part of our culture, but our annual Day of Service is one of the ways we demonstrate our commitment to our communities, get to know ea… DISCOVER MORE INNOVATION Three Key Ingredients to Building a Culture of Innovation Azin Nezami | October 17, 2019 This year, Vertex turns 30. For three decades, some of the best and brightest minds in science and medicine – known around here as ‘Vertexians’ – … DISCOVER MORE VERTEX FOUNDATION Setting the Foundation for the Vertex Foundation Katharine Jensen | September 25, 2019 When I joined Vertex in 2018, I knew I was embarking on an exciting journey during a pivotal time in the company’s history. Vertex has spent 30 years … DISCOVER MORE EARTH DAY A Culture of Sustainability Charles Wagner | April 22, 2020 On the 50th anniversary of Earth Day and in the spirit of this year’s theme of Climate Action, we wanted to share some of the actions we’ve taken at V… DISCOVER MORE VIRTUAL LAB TOUR Introducing the Vertex Virtual Lab Tour Paul Negulescu | May 27, 2020 Science is at the heart of Vertex and Vertex scientists love the opportunity to welcome visitors to our state-of-the art research labs in Boston, San … DISCOVER MORE PATIENTS Vertex Forward: Our Focus on Hemoglobinopathies Stephanie Krogmeier | September 08, 2020 I remember first learning about CRISPR years ago and thinking, “this technology could really work.” At the time, I didn’t realize that I would get to … DISCOVER MORE DMD Vertex Forward: Navigating Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Alison McVie-Wylie | February 04, 2021 At Vertex, we’re dedicated to creating transformative medicines that treat the underlying cause of serious diseases — like Duchenne muscular dystrophy… DISCOVER MORE NATIONAL KIDNEY MONTH National Kidney Month: A Nephrologist’s Perspective Ogo Egbuna, M.D. | March 16, 2021 The kidneys. These two bean-shaped organs located on either side of the spine are the source of my life’s work. Because March is National Kidney Month… DISCOVER MORE STEAM EDUCATION Rethinking Education and the Future of Work Reshma Kewalramani | September 16, 2021 Vertex is in the middle of a hiring boom. As we expand into new disease areas and new modalities with an accelerating pipeline of potentially transfor… DISCOVER MORE THE SCIENCE of POSSIBILITY The Science of Possibility Vertex creates new possibilities in medicine to cure diseases and improve people's lives. We work with leading researchers, doctors, public health experts and other collaborators who share our vision for transforming the lives of people with serious diseases, their families and society. 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