UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 31, 2012

 

VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

MASSACHUSETTS

 

000-19319

 

04-3039129

(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation)

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer Identification

No.)

 

130 Waverly Street

Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

(617) 444-6100

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

o            Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o            Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

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Item 8.01 Other Events.

 

On January 31, 2012, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved KALYDECO™ (ivacaftor) for patients with cystic fibrosis ages 6 and older who have at least one copy of the G551D mutation in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator, or CFTR, gene.

 

We have established a wholesale acquisition price for KALYDECO (ivacaftor) in the United States of $24,500 for a 30-day supply of KALYDECO ($294,000 on an annual basis).

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED

 

(Registrant)

 

 

Date:  January 31, 2012

/s/ David T. Howton

 

David T. Howton

 

Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer

 

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