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PIPELINE ANALYSIS - Sales Forecasts available to EvaluatePharma Subscribers

 
  Rank Product Therapeutic Category Therapeutic Subcategory Pharmacological Class Phase (Current)
Vertex Pharmaceuticals 1 VX-950 Systemic Anti-infectives Anti-virals Hepatitis C protease inhibitor Phase III
  - VX-497 Systemic Anti-infectives Anti-virals Inosine monophosphate dehydrogenase inhibitor Phase II
  - VX-702 Musculoskeletal Other anti-rheumatics p38 MAP kinase inhibitor Phase II

FINANCIAL DATA ($US mln) - Forecasts available to EvaluatePharma Subscribers

Vertex Pharmaceuticals
  2005 2006
 Valuation Measures
  Based on Latest Share Prices
     Valuing the Equity
       Market Capitalisation 4,658 4,658
       PE Ratio (diluted) - Normalised (x) (20.1) (17.8)
 
     Valuing the Enterprise
       Enterprise Value 4,196 4,196
       Free Cash Flow (Pre-Dividends) (178) (50)
       FCF Yield (%) (4.2%) (1.2%)
 
 Forecast Financials
  Income Statement
     Total Revenues 161 216
     Cost of Goods Sold (10) (12)
     S,G & A (44) (58)
     R&D (249) (372)
     Other Income/ Expense - Net 0 0
     EBIT - Normalised (142) (225)
     Net Interest & Financial Items (5) 15
     Pre-tax Profits - Normalised (147) (210)
     Exceptionals (56) 2
     Income Before Taxes (203) (208)
     Tax 0 0
     Tax Rate (%) 0.0% 0.0%
     Extraordinary - 1
     Net Income - Reported (203) (207)
     Net Income - Normalised (147) (210)
 
  Per Share Data
     EPS - Diluted (2.28) (1.83)
     EPS - Basic (2.28) (1.83)
     EPS - Normalised (diluted) (1.65) (1.86)
     EPS - Normalised (basic) (1.65) (1.86)
     Avg. Shares Outstanding - Diluted 89.2 113.2
     Avg. Shares Outstanding - Basic 89.2 113.2
     DPS 0.00 0.00

NEWS - Selected Product News Headlines (as of 11 June 2008)

Vertex Reports 52% SVR 12 Rate for a 24-week Telaprevir-based Regimen in Genotype 1 Hepatitis C Patients Who Failed Prior Treatment   (Vertex Pharmaceuticals)   09-Jun-2008
Vertex Announces Positive Interim Results with Telaprevir-based Therapy in Genotype 1 Chronic Hepatitis C Patients who Failed to Achieve SVR with Previous Pegylated Interferon & Ribavirin Treatment   (Vertex Pharmaceuticals)   24-Apr-2008
Telaprevir-Based PROVE Studies Show Significantly Higher SVR Rates in Treatment-Naive Genotype 1 Hepatitis C Patients in Half the Time of Current Treatments   (Vertex Pharmaceuticals)   23-Apr-2008
Vertex drug could breath life into cystic fibrosis market   (Vertex Pharmaceuticals)   01-Apr-2008
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Announces Acceptance of Late-Breaker Abstract on Telaprevir, Investigational HCV Protease Inhibitor, for Presentation at EASL Annual Meeting   (Vertex Pharmaceuticals)   31-Mar-2008
Vertex Announces Positive Results for VX-770, an Oral Investigational Agent That Targets a Defective Protein Responsible for Cystic Fibrosis   (Vertex Pharmaceuticals)   27-Mar-2008
Vertex Pharmaceuticals and Tibotec Announce Start of Phase 3 'ADVANCE' Study with Telaprevir in Treatment-Naive, Genotype 1 HCV Patients   (Vertex Pharmaceuticals)   13-Mar-2008
Delays beset Hep C developers   (Vertex Pharmaceuticals)   25-Jan-2008
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Reports Progress in Development of Investigational HCV Drug Telaprevir and Provides Business Update   (Vertex Pharmaceuticals)   07-Jan-2008
Vertex's Collaborator Merck Suspends Patient Enrollment in Clinical Trials of MK-0457 (VX-680) Pending Full Analysis of Clinical Data   (Vertex Pharmaceuticals)   20-Nov-2007
Race to launch new Hepatitis C treatment is closely run   (Vertex Pharmaceuticals)   05-Nov-2007
First Studies Demonstrating Greater than Sixty Percent Sustained Viral Response Rates with Half the Standard Treatment Duration in Genotype 1 Chronic Hepatitis C Patients   (Vertex Pharmaceuticals)   02-Nov-2007
FDA Approves Administration of LEXIVA(R) with Lower Dose of 'Boosting' Medication Ritonavir   (GlaxoSmithKline)   12-Oct-2007
New Head-to-Head Study Comparing Lexiva® and Atazanavir Show Similar Efficacy and Lipid Changes   (GlaxoSmithKline)   25-Jul-2007
Avalon Pharmaceuticals Advances AVN944 into a Phase II Clinical Trial in Solid Tumors   (Avalon Pharmaceuticals)   12-Jul-2007
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Reports 2007 Pipeline Progress   (Vertex Pharmaceuticals)   12-Jun-2007

IN-DEPTH COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE AVAILABLE ON

 
  Product Generic Name
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Agenerase amprenavir
  Beta secretase inhibitor -
  Hepatitis C Helicase Inhibitor -
  Incel biricodar dicitrate
  Lexiva/Telzir fosamprenavir
  Neurorestorative Agents -
  Pralnacasan/VX-740 pralnacasan
  Timcodar timcodar dimesylate
  VX-148 -
  VX-166 -
  VX-271 -
  VX-322 -
  VX-385 brecanavir
  VX-398 -
  VX-409 -
  VX-409 back-up compound -
  VX-497 merimepodib
  VX-500 -
  VX-509 -
  VX-528 -
  VX-563 -
  VX-608 -
  VX-667 -
  VX-680 tozasertib
  VX-689 -
  VX-692 -
  VX-702 -
  VX-745 -
  VX-765 -
  VX-770 -
  VX-799 -
  VX-809 -
  VX-813 -
  VX-850 -
  VX-853 -
  VX-883 -
  VX-944 -
  VX-950 telaprevir
 
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