CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Nasdaq: VRTX), completed its acquisition today of ViroChem Pharma Inc., a privately-held company with two investigational HCV polymerase inhibitors in clinical development. ViroChem shareholders received $100 million in cash and approximately 10.7 million shares of Vertex common stock. The shares issued in this transaction are expected to be available for resale upon filing of the registration statement.
