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The Motley Fool August 11, 2010 Brian Orelli	Dang! This Drug Is Shining Brighter Vertex illuminates telaprevir's additional benefit in treating hepatitis C patients.
The Motley Fool May 23, 2008 Brian Lawler	Vertex's Lead Cut Down Schering-Plough is moving forward with its antiviral hepatitis C drug even faster than expected, much to Vertex's dismay.
The Motley Fool December 9, 2008 Brian Orelli	Human Genome's Hep C Drug Is Halfway Home One trial down, one to go for Human Genome Sciences.
The Motley Fool October 19, 2007 Brian Lawler	Schering's Gain Is Only a Mild Headache for Vertex Schering-Plough's strong phase 2 clinical results of its hepatitis C virus drug candidate send shares of competitor Vertex down.
The Motley Fool September 8, 2010 Brian Orelli	You Must Realize This Drug Works by Now Vertex concludes its phase 3 trials with another win.
The Motley Fool January 15, 2008 Brian Orelli	Ideal Results From Schering A post-marketing clinical trial from Schering on its hepatitis C virus treatment Pegintron yields better results for the company, although not without some controversy. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool January 14, 2009 Brian Orelli	ZymoGenetics, the Pharmaceutical Zombie ZymoGenetics deal with Bristol-Myers may bring the drug developer stumbling back from the dead.
The Motley Fool July 27, 2011 Brian Orelli	Good Combo; Too Bad There's Competition Vertex's VX-222 helps standard of care but still requires an injected medication.
The Motley Fool January 24, 2008 Brian Lawler	Vertex Under the Gun Vertex announces development plans for its lead drug. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool February 26, 2010 Brian Orelli	A Risky Deal, but at Least It's Cheap Glaxo licenses a preclinical compound from Regulus.
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The Motley Fool September 30, 2010 Brian Orelli	Bristol-Myers' Delayed Steal ZymoGenetics price tag looks more reasonable.
The Motley Fool May 19, 2010 Brian Orelli	The Biggest-Little Biotechs in the World If you do decide to invest in these biotechs before they've secured phase 3 results make sure you know what you're getting yourself into and aren't blindly following the crowd.
The Motley Fool April 26, 2011 Brian Orelli	There Is Only Downside in Consensus Hepatitis C advisory panels will almost certainly recommend approval. Almost.
The Motley Fool August 10, 2010 Ryan McBride	Vertex's Telaprevir Clears Hurdle, Could Halve Treatment Times for Hepatitis C Study results are positive.
The Motley Fool September 7, 2010 Luke Timmerman	Vertex Nails Third Big Trial With Hepatitis C Drug And in the toughest patients to treat, too.
The Motley Fool May 17, 2010 Luke Timmerman	Vertex Awaits Final Proof that Hepatitis C Drug Works For this drug researcher, the proof is in the telaprevir.
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The Motley Fool August 4, 2008 Brian Lawler	Vertex on the Verge of Victory Like the majority of biotech drugmakers, Vertex's financials proved less crucial in the second quarter than the clinical trial results from the drugmaker's pipeline.
The Motley Fool March 30, 2009 Brian Orelli	Change the Game? Change the Rules! There are ways for investors to get around Obama's plan to lower health care costs. Investing in drug companies in this time of "change" doesn't have to be scary. You've just got to find rule breaker-type drugmakers, because playing by the rules isn't going to cut it anymore.
The Motley Fool March 28, 2008 Brian Orelli	The Yin and Yang of Schering's Label Changes Schering gets a pair of label changes that have opposite effects for its hepatitis C drug.
The Motley Fool December 14, 2006 Brian Lawler	Vertex: Coming Together Nicely If telaprevir continues to show anything like the 80%-90% rate of undetectable hepatitis C virus at end of its trials, Vertex shareholders won't be dealing with too many more down days.
The Motley Fool August 30, 2010 Brian Orelli	Pipeline Checkup: Merck Has Potential The Schering-Plough acquisition has seemed to help.
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The Motley Fool December 31, 2010 Brian Orelli	2010 FDA Approvals and a Look Ahead Recent history can help us handicap FDA decisions.
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The Motley Fool April 25, 2011 Luke Timmerman	Vertex, Merck Step Up to the Public Stage With Hepatitis C Drugs This Week Most analysts see Vertex's drug as best-in-class. But what does the FDA have to say about it?
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The Motley Fool April 1, 2008 Brian Lawler	Vertex Proves It ... Almost Vertex announces exciting clinical trial data that could get its anti-hepatitis C virus compound onto the market years earlier.
The Motley Fool May 18, 2011 Brian Orelli	If You Can't Beat 'Em, Use 'Em to Beat Your New Rival Merck is supposed to be a bitter rival to Roche in the hepatitis C space. Instead, it's extending the hand of friendship.
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The Motley Fool August 2, 2007 Brian Lawler	Human Genome Advances Human Genome Sciences updates investors on what to expect. The past quarter has been full of developments on their two lead drugs. Phase 3 studies for both are currently under way.
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The Motley Fool May 17, 2011 Luke Timmerman	Merck, Genentech Team Up on Hepatitis C Drug Merck pulling lots of strings to grab market share against Vertex.
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