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Vertex Pharmaceuticals Reports Full Year 2003 Financial Results and Reviews Strategy for 2004 Cambridge, MA, February 11, 2004 -- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today reported consolidated financial results for the year ended December 31, 2003.

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

-Company to Provide Financial Guidance for 2004-

Vertex and Novartis Amend Drug Discovery and Development Collaboration Cambridge, MA, February 3, 2004 -- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today announced that Vertex and Novartis Pharma AG have amended their collaboration directed at targets in the protein kinase gene family.

-Potential Mechanism Underlying Various Types of Leukemia Described-

Phase III, 48-Week NEAT Study Results Comparing LEXIVA(TM) to Nelfinavir Published in the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (JAIDS) Cambridge, MA and Research Triangle Park, NC, January 20, 2004 -- The final 48-week results from the NEAT trial, an open-label, multi-center study

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Highlights 2003 Accomplishments and 2004 Outlook at 22nd Annual JP Morgan Healthcare Conference Cambridge, MA, January 12, 2004 -- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today presented its 2003 accomplishments and 2004 outlook at the 22nd Annual JPMorgan

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Reports Third Quarter 2001 Financial Results Cambridge, MA, October 24, 2001 — Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq:VRTX) reported consolidated financial results today for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2001.