In today's Wall Street Journal...

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When SAC Capital Advisors LP was weighing an investment in Vertex
Pharmaceuticals Inc., VRTX -0.18% the hedge-fund firm contacted a source it
knew would provide nonpublic information without blinking: the federal
government.

An investment manager for an SAC affiliate asked the Food and Drug
Administration last December for any "adverse event reports" for Vertex's
recently approved cystic-fibrosis drug. Under the Freedom of Information
Act, the agency had to hand over the material, which revealed no major
problems. The bill: $72.50, cheaper than the price of two Vertex shares.
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http://on.wsj.com/1fa3t98

Bruce White, CRM, PMP
Virginia Beach, VA
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