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Vertex Is The First To Get NaV1.8 To Proof Of Concept For Pain

Effort Is Built On Decades Of Sodium Channel Research

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Chief scientific officer David Altshuler talked to Scrip about the late-stage development plan for a drug that could represent a blockbuster-sized commercial opportunity, after two Phase II studies testing VX-548 met their primary endpoints.

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