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Toggle Summary Vertex Pharmaceuticals and Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation Amend Agreement to Develop and Commercialize Telaprevir in Asia
<i>-- Vertex to receive $105 million from Mitsubishi following signing, plus the potential for additional milestones upon commercialization --</i><i>-- Phase 3 registration program for telaprevir in Japan expected to complete enrollment in the third quarter of 2009 --</i>
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Toggle Summary Vertex Pharmaceuticals and Tibotec Announce Start of Phase 3 'ADVANCE' Study with Telaprevir in Treatment-Naive, Genotype 1 HCV Patients
- First hepatitis C protease inhibitor to begin Phase 3 clinical development - - Trial designed to confirm potential of telaprevir to increase sustained viral response (SVR) rates with 24-week treatment duration -
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Toggle Summary Vertex Pharmaceuticals and Tibotec Pharmaceuticals, a Johnson & Johnson Company, Announce Plans for Global Health Initiative to Increase Worldwide Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment of HCV
Vertex Pharmaceuticals and Tibotec Pharmaceuticals, a Johnson &amp; Johnson Company, Announce Plans for Global Health Initiative to Increase Worldwide Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment of HCV CAMBRIDGE, Mass. and NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J., June 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Vertex Pharmaceuticals
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Toggle Summary Vertex Pharmaceuticals Announces 2007 Business Objectives at 25th Annual JPMorgan Healthcare Conference
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Announces 2007 Business Objectives at 25th Annual JPMorgan Healthcare Conference PROVE program to prepare for Phase 3 initiation of telaprevir (VX-950) Expanding clinical development into important HCV sub-populations Vertex building foundation for commercialization of
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Toggle Summary Vertex Pharmaceuticals Announces 2007 Business Objectives at 25th Annual JPMorgan Healthcare Conference
--PROVE program to prepare for Phase 3 initiation of telaprevir (VX-950)--<br><br> -- Expanding clinical development into important HCV sub-populations --<br><br> -- Vertex building foundation for commercialization of telaprevir --
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Toggle Summary Vertex Pharmaceuticals Announces a Conference Call and Webcast to Review VX-950 Presentations at the Upcoming AASLD Meeting
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Announces a Conference Call and Webcast to Review VX-950 Presentations at the Upcoming AASLD Meeting Cambridge, MA, November 9, 2005 - Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) will host a conference call and webcast on Friday, November 11, 2005 at 9:00 a.m. EST.
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Toggle Summary Vertex Pharmaceuticals Announces Acceptance of Late-Breaker Abstract on Telaprevir, Investigational HCV Protease Inhibitor, for Presentation at EASL Annual Meeting
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Mar 31, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today announced that data related to its investigational hepatitis C protease inhibitor telaprevir will be featured in a late-breaker poster presentation during the 43rd Annual Meeting of the
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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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Toggle Summary Vertex Pharmaceuticals Announces Acceptance of Telaprevir and VX-222 Abstracts for Presentation at EASL Annual Meeting
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Mar 16, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today announced that multiple abstracts related to the hepatitis C virus (HCV) protease inhibitor telaprevir and the HCV polymerase inhibitor VX-222 were accepted for presentation at the 45 th
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Toggle Summary Vertex Pharmaceuticals Announces Advancement to Phase Ib Clinical Trial for VX-950, an Investigational Oral Protease Inhibitor for the Treatment of Hepatitis C
-- First study in HCV patients will evaluate dosing up to 14 days --
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Toggle Summary Vertex Pharmaceuticals Announces Agreements to Exchange $103.3 Million of its 2013 Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes into Common Stock
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Jun 08, 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 $103.3 million in aggregate principal amount of those notes for
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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 Vertex Pharmaceuticals Announces Agreements to Exchange $40.5 Million of its Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2007 for Common Stock
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Announces Agreements to Exchange $40.5 Million of its Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2007 for Common Stock Cambridge, MA, September 9, 2005 - Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) announced today that four holders of its 5% Convertible Subordinated
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Toggle Summary Vertex Pharmaceuticals Announces Agreements to Exchange $40.5 Million of its Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2007 for Common Stock
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Announces Agreements to Exchange $40.5 Million of its Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2007 for Common Stock Cambridge, MA, September 9, 2005 - Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) announced today that four holders of its 5% Convertible Subordinated
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Toggle Summary Vertex Pharmaceuticals Announces Agreements to Exchange an Additional $40.2 Million of its 2013 Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes into Common Stock
<i>-- Together with agreements announced earlier today, a total of $143.5 million in convertible notes to be exchanged--</i>
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Toggle Summary Vertex Pharmaceuticals Announces Agreements to Exchange Common Stock for $58.3 Million of its Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2011
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Announces Agreements to Exchange Common Stock for $58.3 Million of its Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2011 Cambridge, MA, August 3, 2006 -- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) announced today that three holders of its 5.75% Convertible Senior
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Toggle Summary Vertex Pharmaceuticals Announces Appointment of Nancy J. Wysenski as Chief Commercial Officer
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Dec 10, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (NASDAQ: VRTX) today announced the appointment of Nancy J. Wysenski as Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer. Ms. Wysenski has more than 30 years of experience in building commercial operations and
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Toggle Summary Vertex Pharmaceuticals Announces Closing of Convertible Note Exchange
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Announces Closing of Convertible Note Exchange Cambridge, MA, February 13, 2004 -- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) announced today that it has completed the exchange of approximately $153 million in aggregate principal amount of its 5% Convertible
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Toggle Summary Vertex Pharmaceuticals Announces Completion of Common Stock Offering
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Announces Completion of Common Stock Offering Cambridge, MA, June 13, 2005 - Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today announced the completion of its public offering of 11,750,000 shares of common stock. The gross proceeds, before commissions and expenses, of
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Toggle Summary Vertex Pharmaceuticals Announces Completion of Common Stock Offering
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Announces Completion of Common Stock Offering Cambridge, MA, September 20, 2006 -- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq GS: VRTX) today announced the completion of its public offering of 9,100,000 shares of common stock. The gross proceeds, before commissions and
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Toggle Summary Vertex Pharmaceuticals Announces Completion of Conversion of Outstanding 5.75% Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes due 2011
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Mar 05, 2007 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today announced that in connection with the previously announced redemption of its 5.75% Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes due 2011, holders of all of the outstanding notes converted their notes
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Toggle Summary Vertex Pharmaceuticals Announces Completion of its Concurrent Public Offerings of Common Stock and Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Feb 19, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today announced the completion of its public offerings of 6,900,000 shares of common stock, including 900,000 shares purchased by the underwriters pursuant to their over-allotment option, and $287.5
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Toggle Summary Vertex Pharmaceuticals Announces Correction to Abstract Data Published in October 2008 Supplement to Hepatology
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sep 24, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (NASDAQ: VRTX) today provided a correction to AASLD abstract 1854 published in the October 2008 supplement of the journal Hepatology. The title of the abstract is "Phase 2 Study of Telaprevir Administered q8h or
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Toggle Summary Vertex Pharmaceuticals Announces Discovery of Two New Classes of Compounds Targeting Cystic Fibrosis
Research Results Presented at CF Foundation's Williamsburg Conference
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Toggle Summary Vertex Pharmaceuticals Announces Exercise of Option by Underwriters of its Public Offering of Common Stock
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Dec 04, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today announced that the underwriters of its public offering have exercised in full their option to purchase an additional 1,500,000 shares of common stock at the public offering price of $38.50 per
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Toggle Summary Vertex Pharmaceuticals Announces Exercise of Option to Purchase Additional Shares
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sep 22, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today announced that the underwriter has exercised in full its option to purchase 1,125,000 shares of common stock at a public offering price of $25.50 per share.
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Toggle Summary Vertex Pharmaceuticals Announces Exercise of Over-Allotment Option by Underwriters
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Announces Exercise of Over-Allotment Option by Underwriters Cambridge, MA, June 15, 2005 - Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today announced that the underwriters have exercised in full their over-allotment option to purchase 1,762,500 shares of common stock
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Toggle Summary Vertex Pharmaceuticals Announces Exercise of Over-Allotment Options by Underwriters of its Concurrent Public Offerings of Common Stock and Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Announces Exercise of Over-Allotment Options by Underwriters of its Concurrent Public Offerings of Common Stock and Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Feb 13, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today announced that
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Toggle Summary Vertex Pharmaceuticals Announces Exercise of Underwriter's Option to Purchase Additional Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sep 24, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today announced that the underwriter for its offering of 3.35% convertible senior subordinated notes due 2015 has exercised in full its option to purchase an additional $25 million aggregate
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Toggle Summary Vertex Pharmaceuticals Announces Initiation of First Human Clinical Trial for VX-950, an Investigational Oral Protease Inhibitor for the Treatment of Hepatitis C
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Announces Initiation of First Human Clinical Trial for VX-950, an Investigational Oral Protease Inhibitor for the Treatment of Hepatitis C Cambridge, MA, June 8, 2004 -- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) announced today the initiation of a Phase I clinical
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Toggle Summary Vertex Pharmaceuticals Announces Initiation of Phase II Development Program for Aurora Kinase Inhibitor MK-0457 (VX-680)
- Vertex earns $10 million milestone payment -
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Toggle Summary Vertex Pharmaceuticals Announces Intention to Sell Its Rights to European Milestone Payments for Telaprevir
<i>- Vertex holds rights to earn up to $250 million in milestones associated with filing, approval and launch of telaprevir in Europe -</i>
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Toggle Summary Vertex Pharmaceuticals Announces Issuance of Convertible Notes Due 2011 in Exchange for $153.5 Million of its Convertible Notes Due 2007
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Announces Issuance of Convertible Notes Due 2011 in Exchange for $153.5 Million of its Convertible Notes Due 2007 Cambridge, MA, February 10, 2004 -- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) announced today that five holders of its existing 5% Convertible
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Toggle Summary Vertex Pharmaceuticals Announces Key Business Objectives for 2006 at 24th Annual JPMorgan Healthcare Conference
&#8212;Product Candidates with Transformational Potential Highlighted&#8212;
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Toggle Summary Vertex Pharmaceuticals Announces Key Business Objectives for 2006 at 24th Annual JPMorgan Healthcare Conference
-Product Candidates with Transformational Potential Highlighted-
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Toggle Summary Vertex Pharmaceuticals Announces New Data for Investigational HCV Protease Inhibitor Telaprevir to be Presented at 42nd Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL)
In vitro results support expansion of telaprevir clinical development into genotype 2, 3 and 4 HCV patients
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Toggle Summary Vertex Pharmaceuticals Announces Pricing of Common Stock Offering
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Announces Pricing of Common Stock Offering Cambridge, MA, June 7, 2005 -- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today announced the pricing of its public offering of 11,750,000 shares of its common stock at a price of $13.00 per share.
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Toggle Summary Vertex Pharmaceuticals Announces Pricing of Common Stock Offering
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Announces Pricing of Common Stock Offering Cambridge, MA, September 14, 2006 -- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq GS: VRTX) today announced the pricing of its public offering of 9,100,000 shares of its common stock at a price of $33.00 per share.
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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 Pricing of its Concurrent Public Offerings of Common Stock and Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Feb 12, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today announced that it has entered into an agreement to sell 6,000,000 shares of its common stock in an underwritten offering at a price to the public of $17.14 per share.
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Toggle Summary Vertex Pharmaceuticals Announces Pricing of its Public Offering of Common Stock
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sep 18, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today announced that it has entered into an agreement to sell 7,500,000 shares of its common stock in an underwritten offering at a price to the public of $25.50 per share, which would result in
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Toggle Summary Vertex Pharmaceuticals Announces Pricing of its Public Offering of Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sep 23, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today announced that it has entered into an agreement to sell $375.0 million aggregate principal amount of 3.35% convertible senior subordinated notes due 2015.
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Toggle Summary Vertex Pharmaceuticals Announces Pricing of Public Offering of Common Stock
<i>- 11.5 million shares of common stock at $38.50 per share for gross proceeds of $442.8 million -</i><br />
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Toggle Summary Vertex Pharmaceuticals Announces Proposed Concurrent Public Offerings of Common Stock and Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Feb 11, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today announced that it intends to offer, subject to market and other conditions, 6,000,000 shares of its common stock in an underwritten public offering under an automatically effective shelf
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Toggle Summary Vertex Pharmaceuticals Announces Proposed Public Offering of Common Stock
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sep 17, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today announced that it intends to offer, subject to market and other conditions, 7,000,000 shares of its common stock in an underwritten public offering under an automatically effective shelf
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Toggle Summary Vertex Pharmaceuticals Announces Proposed Public Offering of Common Stock
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Dec 02, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today announced that it intends to offer, subject to market and other conditions, 10,000,000 shares of its common stock in an underwritten public offering under an effective shelf registration
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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 Announces Proposed Public Offering of Common Stock
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Announces Proposed Public Offering of Common Stock Cambridge, MA, May 31, 2005 -- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today announced plans to offer 9,500,000 shares of its newly issued common stock in an underwritten public offering.
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Toggle Summary Vertex Pharmaceuticals Announces Proposed Public Offering of Common Stock
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Announces Proposed Public Offering of Common Stock Cambridge, MA, September 11, 2006 -- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today announced plans to offer 8,000,000 shares of its newly issued common stock in an underwritten public offering.
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Toggle Summary Vertex Pharmaceuticals Announces Proposed Public Offering of Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sep 22, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today announced that intends to offer, subject to market and other conditions, $375.0 million aggregate principal amount of convertible senior subordinated notes due 2015 in an underwritten public
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