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Income Taxes (Details) (USD $)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2014
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]      
Provision for income taxes $ 299,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit $ 803,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit  
Unrecognized tax benefits 900,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits   900,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits
Estimated reduction in unrecognized tax benefits in next fiscal year $ 500,000vrtx_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsReductionResultingfromLapseofApplicableStatuteofLimitationsandSettlementswithTaxingAuthoritiesEstimatedinNextFiscalYear