In a surprise news release Oct. 18, Schering-Plough announced positive results for its home-brewed compound, precipitating a first big drop in Vertex shares--even though Schering isn't presenting any details at the liver meeting.

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The Executive Council of the company voted unanimously (including the founders and patent holders of the Xytrin compound) against further investments into the program and announced this publicly (see the Press Release from 13 Feb 2009).

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