Founder Stories: Joshua Boger, Founder and Former CEO of Vertex Pharmaceuticals

Joshua Boger is the Founder of Vertex Pharmaceuticals where he was CEO for 20 years starting in 1989 and ending in 2009. Boger was previously a chemist at Merck and started the company to pursue a rational drug design versus the conventional approach of combinatorial chemistry at the time. Vertex has brought new medicines to patients with hepatitis C, cystic fibrosis, and is positioned to do more over the next few decades. https://axialobservations.substack.co... #biotechnology #science #vc #startup #startups #startupideas #biology #biotech #chemistry #business #speech #speeches #investing #investment #lifescience #casestudy #scientist #scientists #inventors #inventor #inventions #invention #research #innovation #siliconvalley #entrepreneur #entrepreneurship #entrepreneurs #healthcare #genomics #genetics #history #biologia #technology #tech #founderstories #founder #founders #founderstory #scienceandtechnology #sciencestory #stories #bioengineering #engineering #engineer #biochemistry #discovery #discover #technical #health #education #educational #learning #learn #podcast #podcasts #podcasting #podcaster #technews Axial Newsletter: https://axial.substack.com/ Build with Axial: https://build.axialvc.com/ https://linktr.ee/axialxyz