Vertex Pharmaceuticals to lay off 125 R.I. employees

PROVIDENCE – Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc. is laying off 125 people in Rhode Island, according to a WARN notice filed with the R.I. Department of Labor and Training on June 8. Vertex spokesperson Nina Devlin told Providence Business News on Tuesday the job cuts come due to the discontinued development of the company’s VX-264 “cells plus device” program for

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