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Vertex Pharmaceuticals (Europe) Ltd

R&D/Manufacturing

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  • West London
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Corporate Pharma

Level 9, 2 Kingdom Street, Paddington Central, London, W2 6BD, United Kingdom

Vertex Pharmaceuticals (Europe) Ltd at a glance

Vertex is a global biotechnology company that invests in scientific innovation to create transformative medicines for people with serious diseases.

About Vertex Pharmaceuticals (Europe) Ltd

Vertex is a global biotechnology company that invests in scientific innovation to create transformative medicines for people with serious diseases. The company has approved medicines that treat the underlying causes of multiple chronic, life-shortening genetic diseases — cystic fibrosis, sickle cell disease and transfusion-dependent beta thalassemia — and continues to advance clinical and research programs in these diseases. Vertex also has a robust clinical pipeline of investigational therapies across a range of modalities in other serious diseases where it has deep insight into causal human biology, including acute and neuropathic pain, APOL1-mediated kidney disease, IgA nephropathy, primary membranous nephropathy, autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease, type 1 diabetes and myotonic dystrophy type 1. 

Vertex was founded in 1989 and has its global headquarters in Boston, with international headquarters in London. Additionally, the company has research and development sites and commercial offices in North America, Europe, Australia, Latin America and the Middle East. Vertex is consistently recognized as one of the industry's top places to work, including 15 consecutive years on Science magazine's Top Employers list and one of Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to Work For. 

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