Vertex Scientists Awarded the 2025 Lasker~DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award for Pioneering Discoveries in Cystic Fibrosis

(NASDAQ:VRTX) BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today announced that Senior Vice President Paul Negulescu has been named as one of the winners of this year’s Lasker~DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award for his role “in the development of a novel, life-saving treatment for cystic fibrosis (CF) — namely, a triple-drug combination therapy, TRIKAFTA®, that has helped countless people with this genetic disease.” Dr. Negulescu is one of three awardees, alongside Jesús (