IN RE VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., SECURITIES LIT.

No. CIV.A. 03-11852-PBS.

357 F.Supp.2d 343 (2005)

In re VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., SECURITIES LITIGATION.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

February 18, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Blessington, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham LLP, Boston, MA, for Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated, John J. Alam, M.D., Joshua S. Boger, Mark Murcko, Vicki L. Sato, Ian F. Smith, Kenneth S. Boger, Defendants.

Douglas S. Brooks, Paul V. Kelly, Kelly, Libby & Hoopes, PC, Boston, MA, for Andrew S. Marks, Defendant. Nancy F. Gans, Moulton & Gans, PC, Boston, MA, for Carlos Marcano, City of Dearborn Heights General Governmental Employees Retirement System, Consolidated Plaintiffs.

Jeffrey W. Lawrence, Lerach Coughlin Stoia & Robbins LLP, San Francisco, CA, for City of Dearborn Heights General Governmental Employees Retirement System, Terry Sivesind, Ben Harrington, Carlos Marcano, Stephen Anish, William Johns, Consolidated Plaintiffs.

Keith C. Long, Cambridge, MA, for Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated, Andrew S. Marks, John J. Alam, M.D., Joshua S. Boger, Mark Murcko, Vicki L. Sato, Ian F. Smith, Kenneth S. Boger, Defendants.

Michael Moco, Vanoverbeke Michaud & Timmony, Detroit, MI, for Carlos Marcano, Plaintiff.

Maria V. Morris, Lerach Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP, San Francisco, CA, for City of Dearborn Heights General Governmental Employees Retirement System, Ben Harrington, Carlos Marcano, Stephen Anish, Terry Sivesind, William Johns, Consolidated Plaintiffs.

Glenn R. Reichardt, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart, LLP, Washington, DC, for Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated, John J. Alam, M.D., Joshua S. Boger, Mark Murcko, Vicki L. Sato, Ian F. Smith, Kenneth S. Boger, Defendants.

Darren J. Robbins, Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach LLP, San Diego, CA, for Carlos Marcano, Plaintiff.

David A. Rosenfeld, Cauley, Geller, Bowman, Coates & Rudman, LLP, Melville, NY, for Carlos Marcano, Plaintiff.

Joshua C. Rowland, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham LLP, Boston, MA, for Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated, John J. Alam, M.D., Joshua S. Boger, Mark Murcko, Vicki L. Sato, Ian F. Smith, Kenneth S. Boger, Defendants.

Samuel H. Rudman, Cauley, Geller, Bowman, Coates & Rudman, LLP, Melville, NY, for Carlos Marcano, Plaintiff.

Bing Ryan, Lerach Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP, San Francisco, CA, for City of Dearborn Heights General Governmental Employees Retirement System, Ben Harrington, Carlos Marcano, Stephen Anish, Terry Sivesind, William Johns, Consolidated Plaintiffs.

Marc A. Topaz, Schiffrin & Barroway, LLP, Bala Cynwyd, PA, for Carlos Marcano, Plaintiff.

Lesley E. Weaver, Lerach Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP, San Francisco, CA, for City of Dearborn Heights General Governmental Employees Retirement System, Ben Harrington, Carlos Marcano, Stephen Anish, William Johns, Consolidated Plaintiffs.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

SARIS, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

This case involves a securities class action against defendants Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated ("Vertex") and certain officers and directors of Vertex1 on behalf of persons who acquired publicly traded securities of Vertex between March 9,1999 and September 24, 2001 (the "Class Period"). Plaintiffs allege that defendants

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