NEW YORK, Oct. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP, a leading national securities law firm, is investigating potential securities fraud at Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated ("Vertex" or the "Company") (NasdaqGS: VRTX).

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The investigation focuses on whether the Company and its executives violated federal securities laws by misrepresenting the results of its Phase 2 study of its experimental drugs VX-909 and Kalydeco in statements made on May 7, 2012 and May 29, 2012. On June 27, 2012 the Company admitted that those prior statements regarding the Phase 2 study were inaccurate and Vertex's stock price declined significantly on the news.

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