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Toggle Summary Vertex Pharmaceuticals Announces Webcasts of its Presentations at Two Investor Conferences
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Nov 20, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today announced that it will webcast its presentations at the Piper Jaffray 21st Annual Health Care Conference on Wednesday, December 2, 2009 at 2:00 p.m.
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Toggle Summary Vertex Pharmaceuticals Announces Webcast of its Presentation at the Lazard Capital Markets Annual Healthcare Conference
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Nov 12, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today announced that it will webcast its presentation at the Lazard Capital Markets 6th Annual Healthcare Conference on Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at 2:40 p.m. EST.
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Toggle Summary Vertex Pharmaceuticals Announces Agreements to Exchange $109.0 Million of its 2013 Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes into Common Stock
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Nov 10, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) announced today that holders of its 4.75% Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes due 2013 have agreed to exchange approximately $109.0 million in aggregate principal amount of those notes and accrued
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Toggle Summary More than 80% of Hepatitis C Patients Treated in Study C208 Achieved an SVR with Telaprevir-Based Regimens
<ul><li class="bwlistitemmarginbottom"><i><b>83% SVR achieved with twice-daily regimen of telaprevir dosed with PEGASYS and ribavirin</b></i></li><li class="bwlistitemmarginbottom"><i><b>Results highlight the use of response-guided therapy in managing treatment outcomes</b></i></li><li class="bwlistitemmarginbottom"><i><b>Similar safety and tolerability observed between telaprevir-based regimens dosed either twice daily or three times daily</b></i></li></ul>
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Toggle Summary Vertex Pharmaceuticals Announces Webcast of its Presentations at Two Investor Conferences
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct 30, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today announced that it will webcast its presentations at the Oppenheimer 20 th Annual Healthcare Conference on Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at 2:10 p.m.
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Toggle Summary Interim Results from Study 107 Highlight the Potential Role of Telaprevir-Based Regimens in HCV Patients Who Failed Prior Treatment
<ul><li class="bwlistitemmarginbottom"><i><b>57% of prior treatment null responder patients achieved an SVR with a 48-week telaprevir-based regimen</b></i></li><li class="bwlistitemmarginbottom"><i><b>90% of prior treatment relapsers and 55% of prior treatment partial responders achieved an SVR with 24-week or 48-week telaprevir-based regimens</b></i></li><li class="bwlistitemmarginbottom"><i><b>Results provide further support for the ongoing Phase 3 registration study, REALIZE, in treatment-failure patients</b></i></li></ul>
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Toggle Summary Vertex Pharmaceuticals Reports Third Quarter 2009 Financial Results and Highlights Recent Business and Clinical Progress
<i>-Phase 3 registration programs in hepatitis C and cystic fibrosis on track-</i><br /><i>-Vertex to present telaprevir SVR data from Study C208 at AASLD meeting this week-</i><br />
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Toggle Summary Vertex Pharmaceuticals Announces the Date of its Third Quarter 2009 Financial Results Conference Call and Webcast
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct 14, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) will announce its third quarter 2009 financial results on Monday, October 26, 2009 after the financial markets close. The Company will host a conference call at 5:00 p.m. EDT.
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Toggle Summary Vertex Pharmaceuticals Provides Corporate Update
<i>-Vertex announces plans to initiate a Phase 2 proof-of-concept trial for VX-509 in rheumatoid arthritis-</i><br /><i>-Vertex to add $260 million to cash position; company increases guidance for year-end cash position to approximately $800 million and adjusts net loss guidance-</i><br /><i>-Vertex announces executive leadership change-</i><br />
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Toggle Summary Vertex Pharmaceuticals to Receive $155 Million in Cash Related to Future Telaprevir Milestone Payments
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sep 30, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today announced that it will receive $155 million in cash from two financial transactions. In the first transaction, Vertex will receive approximately $120 million in cash for the issuance of notes
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