Talk:Reshma Kewalramani

Latest comment: 1 month ago by PK650 in topic Update Boards and awards

Edit request to correct birth year, update the Career section, and correct the Personal life section

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Hi. I am John and I would like to request the following update and corrections to Reshma Kewalramani's page.

  • Kewalramani's year of birth is incorrect in two places; please change it to 1972 in the lead and in the Early life sections. This is the source. https://investors.vrtx.com/static-files/7bf5f528-b4ed-45c4-893d-bf9d98a53bb1. On page 24 of this source her age is listed as 49. Since the document is dated Dec. 31, 2021, that means that there is no ambiguity about how old she is on any day in 2021, even if her birthday is Dec. 31st, as of that last day of 2021 she was 49.
  • Please add the following paragraph to the end of the first paragraph of the Career section: Since she became CEO, Vertex has continued to research and develop therapies for multiple diseases including moving its cystic fibrosis,[1] type 1 diabetes,[2] APOL1-mediated kidney disease[3][4] and pain programs into the clinic.[2][5] The company has also partnered with CRISPR Therapeutics to develop gene-editing therapies for the treatment of sickle cell disease and beta thalassemia.[6]
  • In the Personal life section, please remove "a daughter and" because Reshma only has twin sons and no daughter; there is no source that says she has a daughter.

References

  1. ^ Choudhary, Vidhi (10 March 2022). "Vertex Pharma Has a Cystic Fibrosis Drug That Rivals Envy". TheStreet.
  2. ^ a b Jason, Mast (24 March 2021). "Inside Vertex 3.0: Can Reshma Kewalramani repeat one of biotech's biggest success stories 'again and again and again'?". Endpoints News.
  3. ^ Armstrong, Madeleine (1 December 2021). "Vertex finally catches a break". Evaluate Vantage.
  4. ^ Pagliarulo, Ned (22 March 2022). "Vertex plans path to FDA for top drug prospect". BioPharmaDive.
  5. ^ Fidler, Ben (22 September 2021). "This is the time to double down': Top Vertex executives defend research plan as pressure builds". BioPharmaDive.
  6. ^ Garde, Damian (11 June 2021). "A CRISPR treatment for blood diseases shows curative promise in small study". STAT News.

Thank so much for your help, JohnDatVertex (talk) 17:40, 8 April 2022 (UTC)Reply

  Partly done: Removed the year, given the source did not include it. Neither did it give a date, so it's best to not include a DOB until a reliable source is provided (yours isn't independent). Added your requested paragraph, with substantial edits, and also withdrew the daughter statement. PK650 (talk) 23:20, 18 April 2022 (UTC)Reply
Thanks so much PK650 for implementing my above edit request. However, the incorrect birth year also appears at the beginning of the "Early life" section, and should be removed from there as well. The article was also incorrectly added to the "1973 births" category, so that incorrect category should also be removed.
One additional request I have is to remove the mention of "RIZE Massachusetts" in the Boards and awards section, since she no longer is a board member there. You can check that here: https://www.rizema.org/board/
One last issue is that reference #14 has a "Cite error" warning, which should probably be fixed. Once again, thanks so much for your help. JohnDatVertex (talk) 12:45, 20 April 2022 (UTC)Reply
Thank you for letting me know. Fixed. PK650 (talk) 01:02, 23 April 2022 (UTC)Reply
Thanks again PK650 for your edits. Now that the incorrect birthday has been removed entirely from the article, I hope you don’t mind if I remove the category template "1973 births" directly. Thanks again. JohnDatVertex (talk) 12:58, 25 April 2022 (UTC)Reply

Updates to Boards and awards

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Hi. The "Boards and awards" section needs updating with the following sourced content:

  • Please add the following as a new first paragraph to the Boards and awards section:
Kewalramani is a member of the Massachusetts General Hospital Board of Trustees, the Biomedical Science Careers Program Board[1] and the Boston University School of Medicine Dean's Advisory Board.[2][3] She is also a member of the board of directors of Ginkgo Bioworks,[4] and was on the inaugural board of directors of the Kidney Health Initiative.[5]
  • Please remove the following sentence from the already existing paragraph, (what is now the second paragraph), since this information is included in the new first paragraph above:
"She is a member of the board of directors of the Biomedical Science Careers Program and sits on the Boston University School of Medicine Dean's Advisory Committee."
  • Please add the following to the end of the second paragraph: (the pre-existing paragraph-change the period after the word Indiaspora to a comma):
Business Insider’s list of 10 people transforming health care,[6] the PharmaVOICE 100 list of leaders in the life sciences,[7] and Boston Business Journal’s list of Women Who Mean Business.[8] In 2021, she was the recipient of the International Institute of New England’s Golden Door Award and was named a New Englander of the Year by the New England Council.[9] Under her leadership as CEO, Vertex was ranked #2 on The Commonwealth Institute’s Top Women-Led Businesses in Massachusetts in 2021.[10]

Thanks so much. I am pinging PK650 who has been helpful in the past. JohnDatVertex (talk) 19:21, 12 May 2022 (UTC)Reply

  Done -Kj cheetham (talk) 10:34, 9 July 2022 (UTC)Reply
Hi Kj cheetham, Thanks for implementing my edit request, and inviting me to learn more about editing Wikipedia. I don’t know if I will ever have the time to contribute more to Wikipedia, but it is certainly something I will consider. With appreciation, JohnDatVertex (talk) 18:58, 11 July 2022 (UTC)Reply

Infobox

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Hi. I noticed the new Infobox and decided to fix it up a bit, including adding some information. I am happy to discuss if anyone has any questions. JohnDatVertex (talk) 20:41, 30 January 2024 (UTC)Reply

Update Boards and awards

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Hi. Please make the following updates to the Boards and awards sub-head found in the Career section:

  • Please add the following as a new paragraph to the beginning of the Boards and Awards section:
In 2023, Kewalramani was the recipient of the Harvard Business School Alumni Achievement Award,[1] the Alan E. Lewis Alnoba CEO Social Leadership Award,[2][3] and the India New England Lifetime Achievement Award in 2024.[4] In 2023 and 2024 she was included in the list of Fortune's 100 "Most Powerful Women,"[5][6] and on Boston Magazine's list of "The 150 Most Influential Bostonians."[7][8] She was named to Barron's annual list of top CEOs in 2024.[9]
  • In the first sentence of what was the first paragraph (but is now the second) please add directly after "Board of Trustees" the following:
the National Board of Directors for Year Up, [10][11]
  • In the same paragraph, in the last sentence, please remove "Ginkgo Bioworks" as she is no longer associated with this organization, and change the sentence to the following using the source that is there now:
She was on the inaugural board of directors of the Kidney Health Initiative.
  • In the third paragraph, (which was the second paragraph) at the end of the third sentence, directly after "Boston Business Journal's Power 50" add the following with new sources to update:
in 2022, 2023 and 2024.[12] [13][14]
  • Please replace the last sentence of the third paragraph (originally the second paragraph) with the following sentence: (I am only adding the years and rankings, plus the new name for the Commonwealth Institute. It seems easier to describe how to make the changes by just replacing with the following sentence):
Under her leadership as CEO, Vertex was ranked #2 on The Women's Edge, (formerly The Commonwealth Institute) Top Women-Led Businesses in Massachusetts in 2021,[15] #4 in 2022, [16] and #1 in 2023. [17]

References

  1. ^ "2023 Alumni Achievement Awards" (PDF). Harvard Business School. 2023.
  2. ^ Walrath, Rowan (6 September 2023). "Reshma Kewalramani aims to imbue Vertex with 'a sense of responsibility'". Boston Business Journal.
  3. ^ Welker, Grant (21 July 2023). "CEO social leadership award, best corporate-nonprofit partnerships named". Boston Business Journal.
  4. ^ "Inspired to Improve Patients' Lives, Vertex Pharmaceuticals CEO Reshma Kewalramani to Be Honored With the Lifetime Achievement Award 2024". INDIA New England News. 2024-09-26.
  5. ^ "Most Powerful Women". Fortune.
  6. ^ "Reshma Kewalramani | 2024 Most Powerful Women". Fortune. Retrieved 2024-10-20.
  7. ^ "The 150 Most Influential Bostonians". www.bostonmagazine.com. 2023.
  8. ^ "The 150 Most Influential Bostonians:2024". www.bostonmagazine. 23 April 2024.
  9. ^ Nathan-Kazis, Josh (21 June 2024). "Reshma Kewalramani Is Guiding Vertex Pharmaceuticals to Its Next Big Thing".
  10. ^ "Vertex CEO Reshma Kewalramani, MD'98, Receives 2023 Distinguished Alumni Award". www.bumc.bu.edu/.
  11. ^ "Year Up Appoints Three New Members to Its National Board of Directors". www.yearup.org.
  12. ^ Welker, Grant (28 September 2022). "BBJ announces the Power 50: Movement Makers honorees for 2022". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2024-10-20.
  13. ^ Walker, Grant (21 September 2023). "Boston Business Journal unveils its 2023 Power 50". Boston Business Journal.
  14. ^ Welker, Grant (23 September 2024). "Boston Business Journal unveils 2024 Power 50". www.bizjournals.com.
  15. ^ "The 2021 Top 100 Women-Led Businesses". Boston Globe. 5 November 2021.
  16. ^ "The Top 100 Women-Led Businesses in Massachusetts 2022". The Boston Globe. 28 October 2022.
  17. ^ "The Top 100 Women-Led Businesses in Massachusetts in 2023". The Boston Globe. 4 November 2023.

Pinging PK650 and Kj_cheetham who have been active on this page in the past. Thanks so much. JohnDatVertex (talk) 19:20, 12 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

Hi. Thanks for the ping. This is not exactly my area of expertise. I'm of the opinion a lot of these are probably not particularly notable, and so I would probably defer to someone who specializes in CORP type articles. PK650 (talk) 09:40, 14 November 2024 (UTC)Reply