Biotech Most Volatile: Arca Biopharma (NASDAQ:ABIO), Galena Biopharma (NASDAQ:GALE), Progenics Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:PGNX), AVEO Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:AVEO)

ARCA biopharma, Inc. (NASDAQ:ABIO), a biopharmaceutical company developing genetically-targeted therapies for cardiovascular diseases announced that Dan Mitchell has been appointed to the Company’s Board of Directors. Arca Biopharma Inc. (NASDAQ:ABIO) stock performance was -2.31% in last session and finished the day at $2.11. Traded volume was 3.15 million shares in the last session and the average volume of the stock remained 862,287.00 shares. The beta … Continue reading Biotech Most Volatile: Arca Biopharma (NASDAQ:ABIO), Galena Biopharma (NASDAQ:GALE), Progenics Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:PGNX), AVEO Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:AVEO)

Biotech Stocks Touching New Highs: BioSpecifics Technologies (NASDAQ:BSTC), NanoString Technologies (NASDAQ:NSTG), Celladon (NASDAQ:CLDN), Receptos (NASDAQ:RCPT)

BioSpecifics Technologies Corp. (NASDAQ:BSTC) released its earnings data on Thursday. The company reported $0.25 EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $0.17 by $0.08, Stock Ratings Network.com reports. BioSpecifics Technologies Corp. (NASDAQ:BSTC) stock performance was 1.56% in last session and finished the day at $26.72. Traded volume was 32,149.00 shares in the last session and the average volume of the stock … Continue reading Biotech Stocks Touching New Highs: BioSpecifics Technologies (NASDAQ:BSTC), NanoString Technologies (NASDAQ:NSTG), Celladon (NASDAQ:CLDN), Receptos (NASDAQ:RCPT)

CytRx Corporation (NASDAQ:CYTR) reported financial results for the 12 months ended December 31, 2013, and also provided an overview of recent accomplishments and upcoming milestones for its clinical development programs. CytRx Corporation (NASDAQ:CYTR) stock performance was -12.76% in last session and finished the day at $4.17. Traded volume was 11,065,087 million shares in the last session and the average volume of the stock remained 3.51 … Continue reading Biotech Losers: CytRx Corporation (NASDAQ:CYTR), Galena Biopharma (NASDAQ:GALE), Arena Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ARNA), ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:ACAD)

Geron Corp. (NASDAQ:GERN)‘s stock had its “positive” rating reaffirmed by equities researchers at Wells Fargo & Co. in a research report issued on Thursday, AnalystRatings.NETreports. Geron Corporation (NASDAQ:GERN) stock performance was 5.62% in last session and finished the day at $1.78. Traded volume was 16,397,352 million shares in the last session and the average volume of the stock remained 5.30 million shares. The beta of … Continue reading Biotech Gainers: Geron Corporation (NASDAQ:GERN), Chelsea Therapeutics International (NASDAQ:CHTP), TESARO Inc (NASDAQ:TSRO), Vanda Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:VNDA)

OXiGENE Inc (NASDAQ:OXGN) on Mar. 11 announced positive results from a randomized Phase 2 clinical trial evaluating Avastin(R) (bevacizumab) with or without ZYBRESTAT(R) (fosbretabulin; CA4P) to treat patients with recurrent ovarian cancer. The study, known as Gynecologic Oncology Group protocol 186I, met its primary endpoint of a statistically significant increase in progression-free survival (p-value less than 0.05; hazard ratio 0.685) for the combination as compared … Continue reading Biotech Unusual Volume: OXiGENE Inc (NASDAQ:OXGN), TESARO Inc (NASDAQ:TSRO), Discovery Laboratories (NASDAQ:DSCO), Albany Molecular Research (NASDAQ:AMRI)

Geron Corporation (NASDAQ:GERN) got bad news about its key imetelstat drug, as the FDA issued a clinical hold on the treatment for multiple myeloma and essential thrombocythemia. Geron Corporation (NASDAQ:GERN) stock performance was -61.59% in last session and finished the day at $1.69. Traded volume was 46,444,384 million shares in the last session and the average volume of the stock remained 4.64 million shares. The … Continue reading Biotech Most Active Stocks: Geron Corporation (NASDAQ:GERN), Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE), OXiGENE Inc (NASDAQ:OXGN), Gilead Sciences (NASDAQ:GILD)