Hundreds of people with the most common type of cystic fibrosis could be offered a new triple therapy after the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recommended ...

Vertex Pharmaceuticals has reached a pricing deal for its cystic fibrosis drugs with the National Health Service in England, ending a yearslong campaign by patients to secure access to the medicines.

A young girl with cystic fibrosis whose lungs were functioning at just 67 percent is running around again thanks to a miracle drug recently added to the NHS funding list. Harriet Corr, seven, is ...

After months of uncertainty, Vertex Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:VRTX) on Thursday announced a long-term reimbursement agreement with England’s National Health Service (NHS) for its drugs targeted at a ...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today announced an extended long-term reimbursement agreement with NHS England providing ...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today announced an access agreement with NHS England for all currently licensed Vertex cystic fibrosis (CF) medicines and ...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (VRTX) (Nasdaq: VRTX) announced today that it has reached a broad reimbursement agreement with NHS ...

A major national study led by experts from Bristol and Nottingham has found that oral antibiotics are just as effective as intravenous antibiotics in killing a common germ that causes dangerous ...

At six months pregnant, Sonja Lee Finnegan flew from Switzerland to France to buy $20,000 worth of drugs from a person she had never met. The drug she was after, Trikafta, is legal in Switzerland and ...

FOUR NHS Ayrshire & Arran staff have been recognised for their compassionate care. The Isabella Kimmett Compassionate Care Award is presented twice a year to staff who show exceptional compassion.

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