Cambridge, MA-based Vertex Pharmaceuticals said today that the underwriters of this week’s $442.8 million stock offering have agreed to buy an extra 1.5 million shares of stock at $38.50. That means the company has pulled in another $57.8 million, bringing the grand total of this week’s financing to $500.5 million before commissions and expenses. Vertex (NASDAQ: [[ticker:VRTX]]) plans to use the money to finish development cycle, and commercialize its experimental drugs for hepatitis C and cystic fibrosis.
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Luke is an award-winning journalist specializing in life sciences. He has served as national biotechnology editor for Xconomy and national biotechnology reporter for Bloomberg News. Luke got started covering life sciences at The Seattle Times, where he was the lead reporter on an investigation of doctors who leaked confidential information about clinical trials to investors. The story won the Scripps Howard National Journalism Award and several other national prizes. Luke holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and during the 2005-2006 academic year, he was a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT.
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