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New Pharmacokinetic Data On Taking Lexiva Simultaneously With Nexium Quebec City, April 29, 2005 --Today GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) presented new pharmacokinetic (PK) data on taking the HIV protease inhibitor LEXIVA(R) (fosamprenavir calcium, FPV) Tablets with the proton pump inhibitor (PPI), Nexium(R)

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Announces Webcast of its Presentations at Two Investor Conferences Cambridge, MA, April 27, 2005 --Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) will webcast its presentations at Deutsche Bank's 30th Annual Health Care Conference on May 2, 2005 and at Morgan Stanley's

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Reports First Quarter 2005 Financial Results and Provides Clinical Update Cambridge, MA, April 26, 2005 --Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today reported consolidated financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2005.

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Announces the Date of its First Quarter 2005 Financial Results Conference Call and Webcast Cambridge, MA, April 4, 2005 --Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq:VRTX) will announce its first quarter 2005 financial results on Tuesday, April 26, 2005 after the financial

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Announces Webcast of its Presentation at the 25th Annual SG Cowen Health Care Conference Cambridge, MA, March 11, 2005 --Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) will webcast its corporate presentation at SG Cowen's 25th Annual Health Care Conference in Boston.

Federal Court Orders Dismissal of Shareholder Lawsuit Against Vertex Pharmaceuticals Cambridge, MA, February 23, 2005 --Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) announced today that the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts has granted its motion to dismiss a

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Announces Webcast of its Presentations at Two Investor Conferences Cambridge, MA, February 18, 2005 -- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) will webcast its presentations at the BIO CEO and Investor Conference on February 23, 2005 and at the SunTrust Robinson

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Licenses VX-944 to Avalon Pharmaceuticals for Development and Commercialization in the Treatment of Cancer Cambridge, MA, and Germantown, MD, February 15, 2005 -- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) and Avalon Pharmaceuticals Incorporated today announced that

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2004 Financial Results and Full Year 2005 Guidance Cambridge, MA, February 9, 2005 -- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today reported consolidated financial results for the quarter and year ending December 31, 2004.

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Announces Two Senior Management Changes Cambridge, MA, February 8, 2005 -- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (NASDAQ: VRTX) announced today that Dr. Vicki Sato will retire as President of the Company effective during the second quarter of 2005. Dr.

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Announces Webcast of its Presentation at the 2005 Merrill Lynch Global Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology & Medical Device Conference Cambridge, MA, February 3, 2005 -- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) will webcast its corporate presentation at Merrill Lynch's

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Announces the Date of its Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2004 Financial Results Conference Call and Webcast Cambridge, MA, February 2, 2005 -- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq:VRTX) will announce its fourth quarter and full year 2004 financial results on Wednesday,

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Updates Business Progress and Announces 2005 Product Development Goals at 23rd Annual JPMorgan Healthcare Conference Cambridge, MA, January 10, 2005 -- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today will review its 2004 achievements and will describe its 2005

Vertex and Merck Announce First Clinical Study for Aurora Kinase Inhibitor, VX-680, in Solid Tumor Cancers Whitehouse Station, NJ and Cambridge, MA, January 6, 2005 -- Merck & Co., Inc. (NYSE: MRK) and Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) announced today that they have begun a Phase I

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Announces Webcast of its Presentation at the 23rd Annual JPMorgan Healthcare Conference Cambridge, MA, January 5, 2005 -- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) will webcast its corporate presentation at JPMorgan's 23rd Annual Healthcare Conference in San

Viral Suppression of Once-Daily LEXIVA Plus Ritonavir Sustained Over 120 Weeks in ART-naive Subjects, According to Study Presented at DART Montego Bay, Jamaica, December 15, 2004 -- The protease inhibitor (PI) LEXIVA(R) (fosamprenavir calcium) plus ritonavir (LEXIVA/r) dosed once daily (QD)

--Novel compound, VX-322, targets key mechanisms implicated in leukemia and other cancers--

- Company named Business Leader in Medical Treatment in the 2004 "Scientific American 50" -

-- First study in HCV patients will evaluate dosing up to 14 days --

-Encouraging Results Support Initiation of Phase Ib Clinical Study-