Jeffrey Leiden

Rule Changes

Executive Chairman through 2020, defended pricing strategy

A generic version of Trikafta—the breakthrough cystic fibrosis drug that extends lives by decades—hit the market at $12,750 per year. That's 95% cheaper than Vertex Pharmaceuticals' brand-name version, which costs over $300,000 annually and has generated billions while remaining out of reach for patients in developing nations and many Americans with inadequate insurance.

Updated Jan 12