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Vertex Triple-Data Combos Live Up To High Hopes In Early Studies

 
• By Mandy Jackson

Phase I and II results for three of Vertex's four next-generation CFTR correctors showed positive effects on pulmonary function when added to two of the company's approved cystic fibrosis therapies. The drugs are moving rapidly forward so that one or two can move into pivotal trials in 2018.

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Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. is moving forward as fast as it can with the development of next-generation correctors as part of triple-drug combination therapies that may expand treatment to new cystic fibrosis patients, according to newly revealed efficacy in early clinical trials. The company plans to rapidly complete Phase II trials and start one or two pivotal studies in 2018.

Vertex will move from Phase I and II studies into a Phase III program in less than a year now that it has data showing that each of its three...

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• By Joseph Haas

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In Brief: Neurocrine Details New Data For Schizophrenia Drug Moving To Phase III

 
• By Sushmita Panda

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• By Jessica Merrill

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• By Andrew McConaghie

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In Brief: Nicox Extends Cash Runway As Kowa Advances NCX 470 In Japan

 
• By Sushmita Panda

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GSK’s Bet On Spero’s Oral cUTI Antibiotic Poised To Pay Off With New Phase III Data

 
• By Joseph Haas

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