Investing in the stock market is never without risk, but great businesses with clear paths forward to growth can come out on top despite near-term mayhem. If you're looking for profitable, growth-oriented businesses that have a track record of expansion in a wide range of economic cycles, you don't have to look far. 

Today, we're going to take a look at two fast-growing healthcare stocks that are not only leading the way in their respective markets, but also still have abundant growth runways ahead of them that long-term investors can capitalize on. 

Vertex Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: VRTX) has amassed a profitable and high-revenue growth business around a relatively small portfolio of drugs. However, these drugs all have one thing in common -- they are the only products currently on the market that work to correct the underlying cause of the genetic disease cystic fibrosis. 

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