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Vertex Pharmaceuticals

NASDAQ: VRTX

Community Rating: 3 Stars: Appealing

78.48 0.05 (0.06%)

REAL-TIME: Last trade at

Extended Hours: $78.19 -$0.29 (-0.37%)
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Today's Open $78.19
Previous Close $78.43
Daily Range $77.16 - $79.47
52-Week Range $38.44 - $87.47
Market Cap $17.4B
P/E Ratio -33.23
Dividend (Yield) $0.00 (0.0%)
Volume 1,615,328
Average Daily Volume 3,427,473
Current FY EPS -$2.13

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mfgd (< 20)
Submitted April 28, 2011

Vertex (VRTX) shares have been halted as an FDA advisory panel will review its telaprevir NDA today 7:05 am ET 04/28/2011- Sounds like GOOD NEWS!

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zzlangerhans (< 20)
Submitted April 15, 2008

I won't spend much time knocking telaprevir or the rest of the pipeline, as it seems there's a lot of potential there. But a market cap of 3.6 billion? In this environment for biotech? With a quarterl … More

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Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX) Description

The Company is in the business of discovering, developing and commercializing small molecule drugs for the treatment of serious diseases. Website: http://www.vrtx.com/

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