Piper Jaffray Initiates Coverage on Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX) with a Buy

November 12, 2008 8:06 AM EST

Piper Jaffray & Co. initiates coverage on Vertex Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: VRTX) with a Buy. Price target $43.

Piper analyst says, "Vertex is one of the few biotech companies today that we believe can deliver a true blockbuster drug in the next few years. As a result, we expect VRTX shares to appreciate significantly over the next 12-months ahead of Phase III data and approval. Huge market opportunity makes Vertex an attractive acquisition candidate for Big Pharma, in our view."

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Vertex) is a biotechnology company in the business of discovering, developing and commercializing small molecule drugs for the treatment of serious diseases.


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