Ver­tex COO Ian Smith oust­ed due to 'per­son­al be­hav­ior'; CFO Mats Blom ex­its Zealand Phar­ma; Ka­trine Bosley abrupt­ly ends Ed­i­tas reign

→ Ver­tex has oust­ed com­pa­ny COO and in­ter­im CFO Ian Smith — their $6 mil­lion man — for per­son­al con­duct un­be­com­ing an ex­ec­u­tive at the com­pa­ny. The cys­tic fi­bro­sis drug de­vel­op­er says Smith’s ter­mi­na­tion “is the re­sult of per­son­al be­hav­ior that vi­o­lat­ed Ver­tex’s Code of Con­duct and val­ues and is un­re­lat­ed to the Com­pa­ny’s fi­nan­cial and busi­ness per­for­mance.” Chief ac­count­ing of­fi­cer Paul Sil­va will now step in as in­ter­im CFO while Ver­tex looks for a re­place­ment.

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