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Toggle Summary Vertex Outlines 2009 Business Priorities: Registration Programs in Hepatitis C and Cystic Fibrosis; Balanced Investment to Maintain Financial Strength
- Broad telaprevir registration program for treatment-naive and <br> treatment-failure HCV patients nears enrollment completion -- Vertex expects to initiate VX-770 registration program in cystic <br> fibrosis -- Vertex ends 2008 with approximately $830 million in cash, cash <br> equivalents & marketable securities -
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Toggle Summary Vertex Pharmaceuticals Announces the Date of its 2008 Financial Results Conference Call and Webcast
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Feb 02, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) will announce its 2008 financial results on Monday, February 9, 2009 after the financial markets close. The Company will host a conference call at 5:00 p.m. EST.
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Toggle Summary Vertex Pharmaceuticals Announces Transition in Company Leadership
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Feb 05, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated President, CEO, and Founder Joshua Boger, Ph.D. Will Retire in May 2009 Vertex Board Member Matthew Emmens Appointed President and Will Transition to President, CEO and Chairman in May 2009 The board of directors
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Toggle Summary Vertex Pharmaceuticals Provides HCV and Cystic Fibrosis Update and Reports 2008 Financial Results
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Feb 09, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated : Telaprevir dosing in Phase 3 ADVANCE clinical trial complete and Phase 3 REALIZE clinical trial completes enrollment VX-770 expected to commence registration program for cystic fibrosis in first half of 2009
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Toggle Summary Vertex Pharmaceuticals Announces Pricing of Common Stock Offering
<b> 10 million shares of common stock at $32 per share for gross proceeds of $320 million</b>
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Toggle Summary Vertex Pharmaceuticals Announces Proposed Public Offering of Common Stock
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Feb 18, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today announced that it intends to offer, subject to market and other conditions, 9,000,000 shares of its common stock in an underwritten public offering under an automatically effective shelf
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Toggle Summary Vertex Pharmaceuticals Strengthens HCV Drug Development Portfolio, Adds Novel Polymerase Inhibitors to Shape New Combinations with Telaprevir
<i>- Vertex to acquire privately-held ViroChem Pharma in cash and stock transaction -</i><i>- Two HCV polymerase inhibitors, VCH-222 and VCH-759, have demonstrated significant antiviral activity in early clinical trials -</i><i>- First STAT-C combination trial with telaprevir planned for 2H 2009 start -</i>
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Toggle Summary Vertex Pharmaceuticals Closes on Acquisition of ViroChem Pharma
<b>-Purchase Price $100 Million and 10.7 Million Shares-</b><b>-Vertex Acquires Two HCV Polymerase Inhibitors in Deal-</b>
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Toggle Summary Vertex Pharmaceuticals Announces Webcast of its Presentation at the Cowen & Company 29th Annual Health Care Conference
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Mar 13, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today announced that it will webcast its corporate presentation at the Cowen &amp; Company 29 th Annual Health Care Conference on Tuesday, March 17, 2009 at 2:25 p.m. EDT.
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Toggle Summary Vertex Pharmaceuticals Announces Acceptance of Telaprevir and VCH-222 Abstracts for Presentation at EASL Annual Meeting
<i><b>- PROVE 3 SVR results accepted as late-breaker oral presentation -</b></i><i><b>- First clinical results for VCH-222 in HCV patients accepted as poster presentation -</b></i>
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