Vertex Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:VRTX) reported quarterly earnings of $3.50 per share which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $3.57 by 1.96 percent. The company reported quarterly sales of $2.912 billion which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $2.781 billion by 4.70 percent. This is a 15.66 percent increase over sales of $2.518 billion the same period last year.