VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED (NASDAQ:VRTX) Files An 8-K Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
(b) On December 13, 2018, Thomas Graney notified us he is resigning as our chief financial officer effective immediately. Mr. Graney will continue as an employee and assist in the transition through February 2019.
(c) Ian F. Smith, age 52, our executive vice president and chief operating officer and former chief financial officer, assumed the additional role of interim chief financial officer on December 13, 2018. Additional biographical information regarding Mr. Smith can be found in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017.
About VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED (NASDAQ:VRTX)
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated is engaged in the business of discovering, developing, manufacturing and commercializing medicines for serious diseases. The Company operates in pharmaceuticals segment. Its business is focused on developing and commercializing therapies for the treatment of cystic fibrosis (CF) and advancing its research and development programs in other indications. Its marketed medicines are ORKAMBI and KALYDECO, which are approved to treat patients with CF having specific mutations in their CF transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene. It has multiple development programs in the field of CF, including VX-661, VX-371, and VX-152 and VX-440. It is engaged in various other research and mid- and early-stage development programs, such as programs in the areas of oncology, pain and neurology. Its oncology drug candidates include VX-970, VX-803 and VX-984; pain drug candidates include VX-150 and VX-241, and acute spinal cord injury drug candidate include VX-210.