Vertex cystic fibrosis franchise
“10-K Item 1: 'Our largest marketed royalty in 2025 was on Vertex's cystic fibrosis franchise'”
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The most significant concentration Royalty Pharma discloses is Vertex cystic fibrosis franchise, classified MEDIUM by disclosed size. Below: the full set from the latest 10-K — verbatim quotes, filing references, and a synthesis of what these exposures mean together.
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Source: Royalty Pharma’s SEC Form 10-K filed — view the filing on SEC EDGAR ↗
Each card carries a disclosed-size chip (HIGH / MEDIUM / LOW — how large the exposure is as a share of revenue, not how dangerous it is) and a nature tag: Built-in(the company’s own model, geography, or products) or Outside party (an external customer, supplier, or distributor it relies on).
“10-K Item 1: 'Our largest marketed royalty in 2025 was on Vertex's cystic fibrosis franchise'”
The company's disclosed concentration profile is limited to a single product-level exposure: its largest marketed royalty in 2025 was on Vertex's cystic fibrosis franchise. By disclosed size this is a medium-share exposure, and its character is dependency — the company's royalty income from this franchise is contingent on Vertex's continued commercial success with that product line, including prescribing trends, pricing dynamics, formulary positioning, and the competitive landscape for cystic fibrosis treatments. The dependency character means the exposure is tied to a specific third-party's commercial execution and pipeline sustainability rather than to a broad structural feature of the royalty asset class. Should the cystic fibrosis franchise face generic competition, label changes, reimbursement pressures, or a superior competitive entrant, the royalty stream flowing to the company would be affected in ways outside its direct control. No customer, geographic, or supplier concentration disclosures are presented alongside this product exposure, which suggests the remainder of the royalty portfolio is sufficiently diversified across products and counterparties that no other single item crossed the materiality threshold for disclosure. The overall concentration profile is therefore relatively focused: one franchise dominates the disclosed risk, and the primary monitoring variable is the long-term commercial trajectory of that specific franchise rather than macro or supply-side factors. Investors should track Vertex's update cadence on that program as the most direct indicator of royalty stream durability.
For the engine’s reasoning on RPRX’s current verdict — including which dimensions drove the score — see the per-dimension breakdown.
| Symbol | Name | HIGH | MEDIUM | LOW | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACAD | ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| ACLX | Arcellx, Inc. | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| AGIO | Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| ALMS | Alumis Inc. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| ADMA | ADMA Biologics Inc | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| RPRX● | Royalty Pharma plc | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Concentration counts reflect items disclosed in each peer’s most recent 10-K; disclosed-size classification uses TrendMatrix’s internal 10-K extraction taxonomy.