Vertex Reports First-Quarter 2017 Financial Results

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Vertex (VRTX) PT Raised to $125 at Credit Suisse; Raise Probability of Triplet to 75%

April 28, 2017 6:26 AM EDT

Credit Suisse raised its price target on Vertex (NASDAQ: VRTX) to $125.00 (from $108.00) while maintaining a Outperform rating.

Analyst Alethia Young raised their probability of success to 75% from 50% to the triplet in the HetMin population. They model $2.1B in peak sales in HetMin.

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Vertex Pharma (VRTX) Tops Q1 EPS by 1c

April 27, 2017 4:18 PM EDT

Vertex Pharma (NASDAQ: VRTX) reported Q1 EPS of $0.41, $0.01 better than the analyst estimate of $0.40. Revenue for the quarter came in at $481 million versus the consensus estimate of $510.6 million.

"During the quarter, our progress toward treating more people with CF was marked by several important milestones, including expanding the number of people being treated with our approved medicines and developing potential new medicines to treat all people with CF in the future," said Jeffrey Leiden, M.D., Ph.D., Chairman,... More