The Latest Breaking News from Vertex Pharmaceuticals

Vertex Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: VRTX) received Breakthrough Therapy Designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its drug candidate inaxaplin (VX-147) for the treatment of patients with APOL1-mediated focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS).

Vertex Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:VRTX) has outperformed the market over the past 10 years by 4.83% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 16.83%. Currently, Vertex Pharmaceuticals has a market capitalization of $68.84 billion.

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Over the past 3 months, 5 analysts have published their opinion on Vertex Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:VRTX) stock. These analysts are typically employed by large Wall Street banks and tasked with understanding a company's business to predict how a stock will trade over the upcoming year.

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Over the past 3 months, 4 analysts have published their opinion on Vertex Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:VRTX) stock. These analysts are typically employed by large Wall Street banks and tasked with understanding a company's business to predict how a stock will trade over the upcoming year.

Vertex Pharmaceuticals's (NASDAQ:VRTX) short percent of float has risen 18.8% since its last report. The company recently reported that it has 4.01 million shares sold short, which is 1.58% of all regular shares that are available for trading.

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Vertex Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:VRTX) has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 6.39% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 17.51%. Currently, Vertex Pharmaceuticals has a market capitalization of $65.74 billion.

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (NASDAQ: VRTX) shares are trading lower by 3.42% to $263.88 during Monday’s pre-market session after the company announced VX-880 Phase 1/2 has been placed on clinical hold by the FDA due to “a determination that there is insufficient information to support do

Vertex Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:VRTX) has outperformed the market over the past 15 years by 8.29% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 15.84%. Currently, Vertex Pharmaceuticals has a market capitalization of $72.91 billion.