FDA Slams Brakes on Hep-C Drug
It has been a rough five days for Vertex Pharmaceuticals. The FDA placed a partial clinical hold on a key next-generation hepatitis-C drug at the end of last week, and this week's second-quarter earnings were a mixed bag, sending shares lower still.
In this video, health-care analyst David Williamson focuses on VX-135's clinical hold and why investors should be concerned given the drug class' checkered history, but ultimately why it doesn't damage the real reason for owning shares of Vertex.
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