Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 756,250	$ 625,259
Marketable securities, available for sale	249,580	761,847
Restricted cash and cash equivalents (VIE)	75,765	8,418
Accounts receivable, net	165,272	75,964
Inventories	49,197	30,848
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	63,388	44,175
Total current assets	1,359,452	1,546,511
Property and equipment, net	706,670	715,812
Intangible assets	284,340	29,000
Goodwill	50,384	39,915
Restricted cash	22,086	176
Other assets	11,061	3,265
Total assets	2,433,993	2,334,679
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	78,899	71,194
Accrued expenses	249,698	209,676
Deferred revenues, current portion	14,000	17,468
Accrued restructuring expenses, current portion	8,682	33,107
Capital lease obligations, current portion	14,153	17,806
Senior secured term loan, current portion	0	14,206
Other liabilities, current portion	9,527	4,797
Total current liabilities	374,959	368,254
Deferred revenues, excluding current portion	17,501	27,808
Accrued restructuring expenses, excluding current portion	9,122	12,748
Capital lease obligations, excluding current portion	39,273	39,293
Deferred tax liability	113,860	15,044
Fan Pier lease obligation, excluding current portion	472,724	473,073
Senior secured term loan, excluding current portion	294,832	280,569
Other liabilities, excluding current portion	34,990	21,707
Total liabilities	$ 1,357,261	$ 1,238,496
Commitments and contingencies
Shareholders’ equity:
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value; 1,000,000 shares authorized; none issued and outstanding at September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014	$ 0	$ 0
Common stock, $0.01 par value; 500,000,000 and 300,000,000 shares authorized at September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively; 245,646,269 and 241,764,398 shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively	2,419	2,385
Additional paid-in capital	6,106,270	5,777,154
Accumulated other comprehensive income	1,511	917
Accumulated deficit	(5,188,053)	(4,705,450)
Total Vertex shareholders' equity	922,147	1,075,006
Noncontrolling interest	154,585	21,177
Total shareholders’ equity	1,076,732	1,096,183
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity	$ 2,433,993	$ 2,334,679