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Analyst
Jessica Fye
Period: Reporting periods mapped to calendar 2024 Q4 – 2026 Q2 (7 quarters).
- Questions
- 34on tracked calls
- Challenge rate
- 3%1 of 34 questions
- Companies
- 5questioned at least once
- Reporting periods
- 7with questions
These figures cover the whole profile: every tracked question, all reporting periods.
How to read these numbers
Challenge rate is the share of questions that pushed back, pressed for specifics or questioned management’s assumptions. It describes how questions were asked on the calls tracked here; it does not measure whether any view turned out to be right.
Rounding. Rates are rounded to whole percentages, so a small share can show as 0% even when some questions were challenging. The count beside each rate is exact; “none of N questions” means no question was challenging.
No questions recorded. “—” means there is nothing to calculate: no questions were recorded for that period on the calls tracked here. It does not mean there was no activity.
Fewer than 3 questions. A company-level rate is withheld when fewer than 3 questions were recorded for that company; the questions are still counted everywhere else.
Small samples. Profiles with fewer than 10 questions are marked Limited sample.
Reporting periods. Questions are grouped by the calendar quarter each company’s fiscal reporting period maps to, not by the date of the call. Periods without a calendar mapping are listed separately under their fiscal label.
Questions asked
Grouped by company, most questions first. Open a company to read its questions, newest reporting period first.
Showing 34 of 34 questions from 5 companies
VRTXVertex Pharmaceuticals9 questions · 6 reporting periods · 0 of 9 challenging
Calendar 2026 Q2
I'm curious if you expect to see material differentiation on eGFR across the new IgAN products like Pove
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Reshma: differentiation shows in time to ESRD; stronger proteinuria/hematuria/Gd-IgA1 reductions predict better outcomes.
Calendar 2026 Q1
you have talked about renal one day rivaling the cystic fibrosis business in size. Can you speak to what needs to play out from here
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Reshma provided detailed patient population estimates across IgAN (150K), membranous (100K), AMKD (250K), and ADPKD (300K), explaining each targets common rare diseases with transformative potential.
Calendar 2025 Q3
is there a phase of development you feel as the sweet spot for assets that Vertex brings in
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Charlie reiterated top priority is reinvesting in innovation internally and externally, followed by buybacks. Open to all deal types and stages that fit sandbox strategy. Deployed $1.9 billion YTD on share repurchases.
Calendar 2025 Q2
can we expect enrollment completion for the first Phase III trial much sooner than that
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Reshma confirmed the first DPN trial may complete enrollment ahead of the second, with enrollment progressing well.
for the additional commercial efforts behind JOURNAVX, was that increase always planned as coverage came into place? Or is that a reaction to what you're seeing
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Duncan cited three factors: payer and P&T progress, positive physician/patient feedback, and strong promotional responsiveness in both face-to-face and digital channels.
Calendar 2025 Q1
Can you just quantify what that headwind is
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Charlie quantified Russia headwind at $100M in Q1 and $200M for the full year, all included in current guidance of 8% growth at midpoint.
when you said you expect immaterial impact from tariffs, just to confirm, is that from the current tariffs? Or is that if biopharma specific tariffs are implemented
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Charlie clarified immaterial assessment applies to current tariffs only, citing minimal China exposure and US-based CF manufacturing. Could not size potential sector-specific tariff impact.
Calendar 2024 Q4
how we should think about the U.S. versus ex-U.S. contribution to that growth rate in the CF business
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Charlie explained US growth benefits from ALYFTREK, JOURNAVX, and CASGEVY launches, while ex-US is impacted by IP violation in one country, most pronounced in Q1.
you also mentioned that 4Q revenue benefited from some non-recurring items. Possible to quantify that at all
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Charlie declined to quantify but qualitatively cited favorable gross-to-net dynamics in US and one-time VAT rebates and settlements internationally.
INCYIncyte8 questions · 6 reporting periods · 0 of 8 challenging
Calendar 2026 Q2
Just wanted to confirm what the right way to think about OPZELURA gross-to-nets is going forward.
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Meury quantified the gross-to-net shift and framed the access investment as the right call; Cagnoni gave an early-next-year vitiligo submission timing.
Calendar 2026 Q1
I was hoping you could touch on the potential translatability of the ET design to MF as it relates to starting dose
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Pablo said ET agreement creates framework for MF. More important issue in MF is primary endpoint: 989 normalizes hematopoiesis, which needs to be contemplated beyond traditional SVR35/TSS50 co-primaries. Constructive FDA dialogue anticipated.
Calendar 2025 Q3
How do you incorporate SVR25 data into your decision-making
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Pablo clarified SVR35 is the key metric. SVR25 reported for directional spleen shrinkage signal, especially with shorter follow-up patients, but SVR35 is what truly matters for regulatory and clinical decision-making.
what elements of these data in post-Jakafi patients and Jakafi suboptimal responders could make us come away confident that 989 could be successful in the front line
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Pablo outlined framework: safety profile, clinical endpoints in monotherapy, translational endpoints, plus add-on activity in hardest-to-treat patients. Any improvement in suboptimal responders is highly meaningful given low benchmarks (SVR35 9-20%).
Calendar 2025 Q2
Curious how you plan to balance investment in pipeline advancement relative to external opportunities relative to the need for investment to support kind of near-term commercial performance
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Bill emphasized no sacred cows internally and no shiny pennies externally. Doesn't force internal vs external ratio. Goal is to set new highs through growth portfolio (Opzelura, Niktimvo, 989, povo) and BD.
Calendar 2025 Q1
Curious if you could update us on how the company is thinking about capital allocation and business development
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Herve prioritized internal R&D as primary capital allocation, with external BD focused on early-stage research partnerships like Genesis deal. Declined to comment on future share repurchases.
Calendar 2024 Q4
Are you going to seek a label that includes biologic naive patients or do you expect it will be labeled for post-biologic patients?
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Pablo confirmed roughly directional split of biologic-naive vs exposed. Deferred on powering details and labeling scope, saying they'll wait for data before FDA discussions.
When you said, if you show something that's close to what you showed in Phase 2, that would be super competitive
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Pablo acknowledged the drop from 28% at week 12 to 17% at week 16 but emphasized week 12 was selected for Phase 3 due to rapid onset. Declined to set specific bar.
ALNYAlnylam Pharmaceuticals6 questions · 6 reporting periods · 0 of 6 challenging
Calendar 2026 Q2
can you elaborate on some of those potential changes available to you with TRITON-CM
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Pushkal named two broad buckets, enrollment enrichment and analytic plan changes, but explicitly declined to speculate on alternative approval paths such as a non-inferiority trial.
Calendar 2026 Q1
the recently announced Pfizer settlement for Vyndamax impacts how you think about the TTR cardiomyopathy landscape
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CCO emphasized AMVUTTRA's growth is driven by fundamental shift toward treating disease at its source, independent of stabilizer pricing dynamics. Category remains significantly underdiagnosed with >80% untreated.
Calendar 2025 Q3
if you could just elaborate on the approach you took to updating the TTR franchise guidance this time around
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CFO walked through Q4 TTR revenue implied at $850-900M with $125-175M Q/Q growth. Upper end close to Q2/Q3 delivery. Midpoint is most likely Q4 outcome.
Calendar 2025 Q2
Can you speak a little more -- in a little more detail to the assumptions underpinning the updated TTR franchise guidance
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CFO walked through math: $1B TTR growth implies $600M+ CM contribution given PN growing ~$300M. Management expressed high confidence in revised guidance based on Q2 momentum.
Calendar 2025 Q1
You mentioned providing additional launch indicators with 2Q results. Can you just touch on what those will be
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Management confirmed formulary inclusion goal is year-end completion, with progress running ahead of schedule. Q2 update will include revenue uptake and prescriber metrics.
Calendar 2024 Q4
What do you think the early acoramadis scripts imply for the TTR cardiomyopathy market dynamics
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Management pivoted to market growth narrative and product differentiation but did not address the pricing question despite multiple analysts probing the same topic.
INSMInsmed Incorporated6 questions · 6 reporting periods · 0 of 6 challenging
Calendar 2026 Q2
For the increase to BRINSUPRI's peak potential, can you expand a bit on what underpins that?
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Fye asked what underpins the raised BRINSUPRI peak estimate; Lewis grounded it in a full first year of performance that matched or exceeded internal modeling.
Calendar 2026 Q1
how you're estimating which patients were ready and waiting versus which fall into that organic demand bucket?
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Management explained triangulation methodology using website registrations, institutional prescribing patterns, and internal modeling. On patient metrics, said transparency approach may or may not include patient numbers depending on dynamics.
Calendar 2025 Q4
have any of those unknowns that you alluded to at the start of the year just become more known now that we're at least halfway through the first quarter?
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CEO confirmed key unknowns (market access, refill dynamics, plan changes, reauthorizations, approval rates) are all trending positive versus internal benchmarks. Revenue guidance reflects confidence from these resolved unknowns. Both BRINSUPRI and ARIKAYCE are first-in-disease with no near-term competition.
Calendar 2025 Q3
I was curious if you could talk a little bit about some of just the early feedback you're hearing from the field about the physician experience with BRINSUPRI?
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CEO described net-net positive feedback from CHEST conference physician interactions. COO noted broad prescribing reflects enthusiasm; physicians in trial phase with more severe patients first. Market access experiencing honeymoon period with most prescriptions approved even without formal contracts.
Calendar 2025 Q2
can you speak to your confidence in brenso achieving a ramp like that?
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CEO noted other CCOs told him actual results were wildly off from base case. Key factor is patient experience on drug, Phase 2 and 3 showed patients feel better. CFO reminded ~1 month lag from approval to booking revenue.
Calendar 2024 Q4
can you just remind me of your estimate of how many U.S. bronchiectasis patients have had two or more exacerbations in the past year
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CEO quantified 250K eligible patients from 500K diagnosed, plus potentially larger comorbid COPD/asthma population.
MRNAModerna5 questions · 4 reporting periods · 1 of 5 challenging
Calendar 2026 Q2
if the interim in the Phase 3 adjuvant melanoma trial passes without stopping for efficacy
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Berman confirmed Moderna will issue a press release on the interim data; the small seven-patient translational set reflects leukapheresis burden.
Calendar 2026 Q1
I'm just trying to think about those contracts and the right way to think about what more could come from the U.K. for the remainder of '26
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Hoge confirmed Q1 delivery was for U.K. spring campaign. Second campaign planned for fall with additional delivery in Q3/Q4.
Calendar 2025 Q3
How is the U.S. COVID vaccine demand tracking this season relative to your projections? And what about the ex-U.S. season
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CFO confirmed U.S. tracking within $1B-$1.3B range. International low end raised to $600M. Canada already delivering, Australia Q4, UK Q1 2026. No UK revenue in 2025, pure growth in 2026.
Calendar 2024 Q4
Can you recap what variables in the COVID vaccine and RSV markets would land you at the low end or the high end of your '25 guidance
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CFO detailed high end as essentially flat ex-APAs and return adjustments; low end requires 5-10% market share and vaccination rate declines plus international plant licensure delays.
how confident are you that the trial will not go on some equivalent of clinical hold in the Southern Hemisphere
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Hoge expressed confidence in no Southern Hemisphere delays. Confirmed CMV readout expected perhaps mid-2025, event-driven.
Challenge rate by company
Every company this analyst questioned, most questions first. A company-level rate is shown from 3 questions; below that it is withheld.
| Company | Questions | Challenge rate |
|---|---|---|
| VRTX Vertex Pharmaceuticals | 9 | 0%none of 9 questions |
| INCY Incyte | 8 | 0%none of 8 questions |
| ALNY Alnylam Pharmaceuticals | 6 | 0%none of 6 questions |
| INSM Insmed Incorporated | 6 | 0%none of 6 questions |
| MRNA Moderna | 5 | 20%1 of 5 questions |
Activity by reporting period
Questions recorded for each calendar quarter that companies’ reporting periods map to (not the call date), with the challenge rate for that period. Periods inside the range with no questions are shown as “No questions recorded”.
| Calendar period | Questions | Challenge rate | Companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Q4 | 8 | 13%1 of 8 questions | 5 |
| 2025 Q1 | 4 | 0%none of 4 questions | 3 |
| 2025 Q2 | 5 | 0%none of 5 questions | 4 |
| 2025 Q3 | 6 | 0%none of 6 questions | 5 |
| 2025 Q4 | 1 | 0%none of 1 question | 1 |
| 2026 Q1 | 5 | 0%none of 5 questions | 5 |
| 2026 Q2 | 5 | 0%none of 5 questions | 5 |
- 2024 Q48 questions · challenge rate 13% (1 of 8 questions) · 5 companies
- 2025 Q14 questions · challenge rate 0% (none of 4 questions) · 3 companies
- 2025 Q25 questions · challenge rate 0% (none of 5 questions) · 4 companies
- 2025 Q36 questions · challenge rate 0% (none of 6 questions) · 5 companies
- 2025 Q41 question · challenge rate 0% (none of 1 question) · 1 company
- 2026 Q15 questions · challenge rate 0% (none of 5 questions) · 5 companies
- 2026 Q25 questions · challenge rate 0% (none of 5 questions) · 5 companies
Topics
Topics tagged on this analyst’s questions.
- Innovation & R&D11
- Revenue Growth11
- Product Launch7
- Regulation Policy6
- Guidance Reliability5
- Demand5
- Competitive Dynamics3
- Geographic Expansion3
- M&A3
- Capital Allocation3
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- Pricing2
- Capex Investment1
- Trade Tariffs1
- Cost Pressure1