Press Releases

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Apr 26, 2007 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) will webcast its presentations at the Morgan Stanley Global Healthcare Unplugged Conference on May 2, 2007 at 2:15 p.m. EDT and at Deutsche Bank's 32nd Annual Health Care Conference on May 3, 2007

-- PROVE 1 data support potential to shorten treatment duration in treatment-naive, genotype 1 HCV patients --

In vitro results support expansion of telaprevir clinical development into genotype 2, 3 and 4 HCV patients

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Mar 07, 2007 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) will webcast its presentations at the Cowen and Company 27th Annual Health Care Conference on March 13, 2007 at 8:45 a.m. EDT and at the Citigroup Small & Mid-Cap Conference on March 14, 2007 at

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

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Feb 22, 2007 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) will webcast its corporate presentation at the Bear Stearns Ninth Annual London Healthcare Conference on Tuesday, February 27, 2007 at 11:20 a.m. GMT (6:20 a.m. EST).

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Announces Webcasts of its Presentations at Two Investor Conferences Cambridge, MA, February 5, 2007 - Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) announced today that it will webcast its corporate presentations at the Merrill Lynch Global Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Announces Redemption Date for 5.75% Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes due 2011 Cambridge, MA, February 2, 2007 - Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) announced that on March 5, 2007 it will redeem the outstanding $59.6 million aggregate principal amount of

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Reports 2006 Financial Results Cambridge, MA, February 1, 2007 – Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today reported consolidated financial results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2006. “2006 was characterized by significant progress across our

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Announces Webcast of its Presentation at the Wachovia Securities Small and Mid-Cap Healthcare Conference Cambridge, MA, January 24, 2007 - Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today announced that it will webcast its corporate presentation at the Wachovia

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

--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 telaprevir --

- Vertex Earns $25 Million Milestone Payment Upon Start of Patient Dosing -

Pharmaceuticals Announces Results of First Interim Safety and Antiviral Analysis of the PROVE 1 Clinical Trial of Investigational HCV Protease Inhibitor Telaprevir (VX-950) Cambridge, MA, December 13, 2006 –– Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX) today announced results from a planned

- Additional Preclinical Combination Studies Suggest Synergistic Activity of MK-0457 and Other Kinase Inhibitors -

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Added to NASDAQ-100 Index Cambridge, MA, December 11, 2006 -- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (NASDAQ: VRTX) today announced that the Company will be added to the NASDAQ-100 Index(R), effective with the market open on Monday, December 18, 2006.

— Combination therapy with telaprevir and pegylated interferon suppressed both wild-type and resistant HCV —

- Company Reiterates Anticipated Timeline of Clinical Milestones -

Vertex Pharmaceuticals and GlaxoSmithKline Announce Virologic and Drug Resistance Results from Protease Inhibitor Study San Francisco, CA, September 28, 2006 -- Data presented today show low rates of virologic failure and antiviral drug resistance with the HIV protease inhibitor LEXIVA boosted with

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