Joshua Boger

Dr. Joshua Boger is Co-Founder and serves as Board Member & Chairman of Science and Technology Committee at Vertex Pharmaceuticals. He is also an Angel Investor. He served in the additional role of Chairman of the Board from 1997 until 2006. Dr. Boger began his industry career at Merck in 1978. Immediately before he founded Vertex, he was Senior Director of Basic Chemistry at Merck Sharp & Dohme Research Laboratories. Dr. Boger holds a B.A. in chemistry and philosophy from Wesleyan University and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in chemistry from Harvard University. He also serves as Board Member of Vertex Pharmaceuticals.