Vertex Pharmaceuticals said Tuesday that treatment with a combination of three cystic fibrosis drugs resulted in a statistically significant improvement in lung function for patients enrolled in two pivotal clinical trials.
With these positive data, the Boston-based biotech takes a step closer towards its long-stated goal of marketing new therapies capable of treating 90 percent of the genetic mutations that cause cystic fibrosis.
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