Reshma Kewalramani

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  • Affiliation
    Vertex Pharmaceuticals
  • Title
    President and CEO
  • Country/Territory
    U.S.

Reshma Kewalramani, who brings her experience as a licensed doctor to her leadership, took the helm as CEO of Vertex Pharmaceuticals in 2020, having previously been the biopharma company’s chief medical officer. Vertex, valued at over $110 billion, has become a major player in drug discovery. This year, the company gained FDA approval for a new opioid-free pain drug, Journavx, the first in two decades. Vertex is most known for developing multiple novel drug combinations to treat cystic fibrosis, which affects 100,000 people globally.