Vertex Pharmaceuticals Management

Management criteria checks 2/4

Vertex Pharmaceuticals' CEO is Reshma Kewalramani, appointed in Apr 2020, has a tenure of 4.58 years. total yearly compensation is $20.59M, comprised of 7.3% salary and 92.7% bonuses, including company stock and options. directly owns 0.029% of the company’s shares, worth €32.21M. The average tenure of the management team and the board of directors is 5.1 years and 4.8 years respectively.

Key information

Reshma Kewalramani

Chief executive officer

US$20.6m

Total compensation

CEO salary percentage	7.3%
CEO tenure	4.6yrs
CEO ownership	0.03%
Management average tenure	5.1yrs
Board average tenure	4.8yrs

Recent management updates

Recent updates

CEO Compensation Analysis

How has Reshma Kewalramani's remuneration changed compared to Vertex Pharmaceuticals's earnings?
Date	Total Compensation	Salary	Company Earnings
Sep 30 2024	n/a	n/a	-US$480m
Jun 30 2024	n/a	n/a	-US$490m
Mar 31 2024	n/a	n/a	US$4b
Dec 31 2023	US$21m	US$2m	US$4b
Sep 30 2023	n/a	n/a	US$3b
Jun 30 2023	n/a	n/a	US$3b
Mar 31 2023	n/a	n/a	US$3b
Dec 31 2022	US$16m	US$1m	US$3b
Sep 30 2022	n/a	n/a	US$3b
Jun 30 2022	n/a	n/a	US$3b
Mar 31 2022	n/a	n/a	US$2b
Dec 31 2021	US$15m	US$1m	US$2b
Sep 30 2021	n/a	n/a	US$2b
Jun 30 2021	n/a	n/a	US$2b
Mar 31 2021	n/a	n/a	US$3b
Dec 31 2020	US$9m	US$1m	US$3b
Sep 30 2020	n/a	n/a	US$3b
Jun 30 2020	n/a	n/a	US$2b
Mar 31 2020	n/a	n/a	US$2b
Dec 31 2019	US$7m	US$702k	US$1b

Compensation vs Market: Reshma's total compensation ($USD20.59M) is above average for companies of similar size in the Austrian market ($USD4.32M).

Compensation vs Earnings: Reshma's compensation has increased whilst the company is unprofitable.

CEO

Reshma Kewalramani (51 yo)

4.6yrs

Tenure

US$20,594,441

Compensation

Dr. Reshma Kewalramani, M.D., FASN, is Director at Year Up Inc. since September 2023. She had been an Independent Director of Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings, Inc. (formerly known as Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc.) since...

Leadership Team

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Jeffrey Leiden	Executive Chairman	15.3yrs	US$6.60m	0.0040% € 4.4m
Reshma Kewalramani	CEO, President & Director	4.6yrs	US$20.59m	0.029% € 32.2m
Charles Wagner	Executive VP & CFO	5.6yrs	US$7.37m	0.017% € 18.8m
Stuart Arbuckle	Executive VP & COO	3.3yrs	US$9.00m	0.019% € 21.2m
David Altshuler	Executive VP & Chief Scientific Officer	9.8yrs	US$6.54m	0.010% € 11.0m
Kristen Ambrose	Senior VP & Chief Accounting Officer	3.5yrs	no data	0.0029% € 3.2m
Mike Tirozzi	SVP and Chief Information & Data Officer	5.8yrs	no data	no data
Susie Lisa	Senior Vice President of Investor Relations	2.2yrs	no data	no data
Jonathan Biller	Executive VP & Chief Legal Officer	2.2yrs	no data	0.0065% € 7.1m
Nina Devlin	Senior VP & Chief Communications Officer	5.8yrs	no data	no data
Stephanie Franklin	Senior VP & Chief Human Resources Officer	7.3yrs	no data	no data
Amit Sachdev	Executive VP & Chief Patient and External Affairs Officer	17.3yrs	US$6.20m	0.023% € 24.7m

5.1yrs

Average Tenure

57yo

Average Age

Experienced Management: VRTX's management team is seasoned and experienced (5.1 years average tenure).

Board Members

Name	Position	Tenure	Compensation	Ownership
Jeffrey Leiden	Executive Chairman	15.3yrs	US$6.60m	0.0040% € 4.4m
Reshma Kewalramani	CEO, President & Director	4.8yrs	US$20.59m	0.029% € 32.2m
Bruce Sachs	Lead Independent Director	26.8yrs	US$600.04k	0.016% € 17.0m
Alan Garber	Independent Director	7.4yrs	US$537.63k	0.0023% € 2.5m
Lloyd Carney	Independent Director	5.8yrs	US$559.79k	0.0021% € 2.3m
Sangeeta Bhatia	Independent Director	9.4yrs	US$550.31k	0.0013% € 1.5m
Michel Lagarde	Independent Director	1.1yrs	US$449.08k	no data
Diana McKenzie	Independent Director	4.4yrs	US$553.11k	0.00064% € 700.6k
Suketu Upadhyay	Independent Director	2.5yrs	US$544.66k	0.00060% € 656.8k
Nancy Thornberry	Independent Director	less than a year	US$407.65k	no data
Jennifer Schneider	Independent Director	less than a year	no data	no data

4.8yrs

Average Tenure

59yo

Average Age

Experienced Board: VRTX's board of directors are considered experienced (4.8 years average tenure).

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Management

Management criteria checks 2/4

Key information

Recent management updates

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated Appoints Jennifer Schneider as Independent Director

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated, Annual General Meeting, May 15, 2024

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated Appoints Nancy Thornberry to Its Board of Directors as an Independent Director

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated Appoints Michel Lagarde to Its Board of Directors

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated Appoints E. Morrey Atkinson, Ph.D., as Executive Vice President, Chief Technical Operations Officer, Head of Biopharmaceutical Sciences and Manufacturing Operations

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Recent updates

Third quarter 2024 earnings released: EPS: US$4.05 (vs US$4.01 in 3Q 2023)

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated Raises Earnings Guidance for the Full Year 2024

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated to Report Q3, 2024 Results on Nov 04, 2024

Second quarter 2024 earnings released: US$13.92 loss per share (vs US$3.55 profit in 2Q 2023)

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated Raises Earnings Guidance for the Full Year 2024

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated Announces FDA Acceptance of New Drug Application for Suzetrigine for the Treatment of Moderate-To-Severe Acute Pain

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated Announces Health Canada Grants Marketing Authorization for Trikafa® for People with Cystic Fibrosis Aged 2 Years and Older with Certain Rare Mutations

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated to Report Q2, 2024 Results on Aug 01, 2024

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Announces Positive Results from Ongoing Phase 1/2 Study of VX-880 for the Treatment of Type 1 Diabetes

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (NasdaqGS:VRTX) completed the acquisition of Alpine Immune Sciences, Inc. (NasdaqGM:ALPN) from a group of shareholders.

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated Appoints Jennifer Schneider as Independent Director

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated Re-Iterates Earnings Guidance for the Full Year 2024

First quarter 2024 earnings released: EPS: US$4.26 (vs US$2.72 in 1Q 2023)

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Announces European Commission Approval for KALYDECO to Treat Infants with Cystic Fibrosis Ages 1 Month and Older

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (NasdaqGS:VRTX) entered into an agreement to acquire Alpine Immune Sciences, Inc. (NasdaqGM:ALPN) from a group of shareholders for approximately $4.3 billion.

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated to Report Q1, 2024 Results on May 06, 2024

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated, Annual General Meeting, May 15, 2024

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated Announces New Drug Submission for Exagamglogene Autotemcel (Exa-Cel) Accepted for Priority Review by Health Canada for the Treatment of Sickle Cell Disease and Transfusion-Dependent Beta Thalassemia

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Receives CHMP Positive Opinion for KALYDECO for the Treatment of Infants with Cystic Fibrosis Ages 1 Month and Older

European Commission Approves First CRISPR/Cas9 Gene-Edited Therapy, CASGEVY™ (exagamglogene autotemcel), for the Treatment of Sickle Cell Disease and Transfusion-Dependent Beta Thalassemia

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated Announces Positive Results from Pivotal Trials of Vanza Triple Combination Treatment for Cystic Fibrosis

Full year 2023 earnings released: EPS: US$14.05 (vs US$12.97 in FY 2022)

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated Provides Product Revenue Guidance for the Full Year 2024

Vertex Announces Positive Results from the VX-548 Phase 3 Program for the Treatment of Moderate-To-Severe Acute Pain

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated to Report Q4, 2023 Results on Feb 05, 2024

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated Announces US FDA Approval of CASGEVY™ (Exagamglogene Autotemcel) for the Treatment of Transfusion-Dependent Beta Thalassemia

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated Announces Approval of First CRISPR/Cas9 Gene-Edited Therapy, CASGEVY™, for the Treatment of Sickle Cell Disease and Transfusion-Dependent Beta Thalassemia in Kingdom of Saudi

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated Receives CHMP Positive Opinion for the First CRISPR/Cas9 Gene-Edited Therapy, CASGEVY (Exagamglogene Autotemcel), for the Treatment of Sickle Cell Disease and Transfusion-Dependent Beta Thalassemia

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated Announces Positive Results From Phase 2 Study of VX-548 for the Treatment of Painful Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy

CRISPR Therapeutics AG and Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated Announce Receipt of the First-Ever Approval of a CRISPR-Based Gene-editing Therapy in the United States

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated Appoints Nancy Thornberry to Its Board of Directors as an Independent Director

Health Canada Grants Market Authorization for KALYDECO® (ivacaftor) for Eligible Children With Cystic Fibrosis Ages 2 Months and Older

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated Announces European Commission Approves KAFTRIO® in Combination With Ivacaftor for the Treatment of Children With Cystic Fibrosis Ages 2 Through 5

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated Announces United Kingdom Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency Granted Conditional Marketing Authorization for CASGEVY

Third quarter 2023 earnings released: EPS: US$4.01 (vs US$3.63 in 3Q 2022)

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated Announces Health Canada Grants Market Authorization for TRIKAFTA® (elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor and ivacaftor) in Children With Cystic Fibrosis Ages 2 To 5 Years With at Least One F508del Mutation

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated to Report Q3, 2023 Results on Nov 06, 2023

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated Appoints Michel Lagarde to Its Board of Directors

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated Receives Chmp Positive Opinion for Kaftrio® (Ivacaftor/Tezacaftor/Elexacaftor) in Combination with Ivacaftor for Children with Cystic Fibrosis Ages 2 Through 5

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated Appoints E. Morrey Atkinson, Ph.D., as Executive Vice President, Chief Technical Operations Officer, Head of Biopharmaceutical Sciences and Manufacturing Operations

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated Announces Publication of VX-548 Positive Phase 2, Proof-of-Concept Results in New England Journal of Medicine

Second quarter 2023 earnings released: EPS: US$3.55 (vs US$3.17 in 2Q 2022)

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated Announces European Commission Approval for ORKAMBI® (Lumacaftor/Ivacaftor) for the Treatment of Children with Cystic Fibrosis Ages 1 to <2 Years Old

Insufficient new directors

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated Presents Positive VX-880 Results From Ongoing Phase 1/2 Study in Type 1 Diabetes at the American Diabetes Association 83rd Scientific Sessions

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated and Crispr Therapeutics Announces Positive Results from Pivotal Trials of Exa-Cel for Transfusion-Dependent Beta Thalassemia and Severe Sickle Cell Disease

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated and CRISPR Therapeutics Announce FDA Accepts Biologics License Applications for Exagamglogene Autotemcel (Exa-Cel) for Severe Sickle Cell Disease and Transfusion-Dependent Beta Thalassemia

First quarter 2023 earnings released: EPS: US$2.72 (vs US$2.99 in 1Q 2022)

Full year 2022 earnings released: EPS: US$12.97 (vs US$9.09 in FY 2021)

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (NasdaqGS:VRTX) announces an Equity Buyback for $3,000 million worth of its shares.

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated to Report Q4, 2022 Results on Feb 07, 2023

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated Announces to Present New Data on its Portfolio of Cystic Fibrosis Medicines at 2022 North American Cystic Fibrosis Conference

Third quarter 2022 earnings released: EPS: US$3.63 (vs US$3.30 in 3Q 2021)

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated Revises Revenue Guidance for the Fiscal 2022

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated to Report Q3, 2022 Results on Oct 27, 2022

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated Advances Program Targeting Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated and CRISPR Therapeutics Announce Global exa-cel Regulatory Submissions for Sickle Cell Disease and Beta Thalassemia in 2022

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated Appoints Jonathan Biller as Chief Legal Officer, Effective September 19, 2022

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated Appoints Jonathan Biller as Chief Legal Officer, Effective September 19, 2022

Vertex Announces U.S. FDA Approval for Orkambi® (Lumacaftor/Ivacaftor) in Children with Cystic Fibrosis Ages 12 to <24 Months

Second quarter 2022 earnings released: EPS: US$3.17 (vs US$0.26 in 2Q 2021)

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated Reports Unaudited Intangible Asset Impairment Charge for the Three Months Ended June 30, 2022

Vertex Advances VX-548 in Acute and Neuropathic Pain

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated to Report Q2, 2022 Results on Aug 04, 2022

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (NasdaqGS:VRTX) entered into a definitive agreement to acquire ViaCyte, Inc. from Sanderling Ventures, RA Capital Management, L.P., The Invus Group, LLC, Asymmetry Ventures LLC and others for approximately $320 million.

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (NasdaqGS:VRTX) entered into a definitive agreement to acquire ViaCyte, Inc. from Sanderling Ventures, RA Capital Management, L.P., The Invus Group, LLC, Asymmetry Ventures LLC and others for approximately $320 million.

Vertex Announces FDA Lifted the Clinical Hold on VX-880 Phase 1/2 Clinical Trial for the Treatment of Type 1 Diabetes

Vertex to Present Data Demonstrating Significant Benefits of Long-Term and Early Treatment With CFTR Modulators at the European Cystic Fibrosis Conference

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated Announces Inaxaplin (VX-147) Granted Breakthrough Therapy Designation by U.S. FDA and Priority Medicines (PRIME) Designation by the EMA