Healthcare Most Volatile: Idenix Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:IDIX), OXiGENE Inc (NASDAQ:OXGN), Intrexon (NYSE:XON), Enzon Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ENZN)

Idenix Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:IDIX) , which had its hepatitis C drugs put on clinical hold because it had a similar structure to Bristol-Myers Squibb’s BMS-986094, which had serious cardiac side effects. Idenix Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:IDIX) stock performance was -6.45% in last session and finished the day at $7.11. Traded volume was 3,306,727 million shares in the last session and the average volume of the stock remained … Continue reading Healthcare Most Volatile: Idenix Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:IDIX), OXiGENE Inc (NASDAQ:OXGN), Intrexon (NYSE:XON), Enzon Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ENZN)

Biotech Volatile Stocks: CytRx Corporation (NASDAQ:CYTR), Synta Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:SNTA), Idenix Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:IDIX), CEL-SCI Corporation (NYSEMKT:CVM)

Brower Piven, A Professional Corporation announces that a class action lawsuit has been commenced in the United States District Court for the Central District of California on behalf of purchasers of CytRx Corporation (NASDAQ:CYTR) common stock during the period between November 22, 2013 and March 13, 2014, inclusive (the “Class Period”). CytRx Corporation (NASDAQ:CYTR) stock performance was 0.00% in last session and finished the day … Continue reading Biotech Volatile Stocks: CytRx Corporation (NASDAQ:CYTR), Synta Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:SNTA), Idenix Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:IDIX), CEL-SCI Corporation (NYSEMKT:CVM)

Biotech Movers: Geron Corporation (NASDAQ:GERN), Idenix Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:IDIX), Ariad Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ARIA), AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:AVEO), Gilead Sciences (NASDAQ:GILD)

Geron Corporation (NASDAQ:GERN) on June 12 announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has removed the partial clinical hold on the investigator-sponsored clinical trial of imetelstat in myelofibrosis (Myelofibrosis IST). The partial clinical hold was placed in March 2014 due to a safety signal of hepatotoxicity that was identified in clinical trials of imetelstat. Geron Corporation (NASDAQ:GERN) stock performance was 4.01% in last … Continue reading Biotech Movers: Geron Corporation (NASDAQ:GERN), Idenix Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:IDIX), Ariad Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ARIA), AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:AVEO), Gilead Sciences (NASDAQ:GILD)

Active Movers: Idenix Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:IDIX), Groupon Inc (NASDAQ:GRPN), Twenty-First Century Fox Inc (NASDAQ:FOXA), Sirius XM Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:SIRI), DryShips Inc. (NASDAQ:DRYS)

The U.S. drug maker offered Idenix Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:IDIX) shareholders $24.50 a share, or $3.85 billion, for the developer of hepatitis C drugs. That’s almost quadruple the stock’s average unaffected price over the previous 20 days, the highest premium on record for any health care deal of at least $100 million, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Idenix Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:IDIX) stock performance was -0.55% … Continue reading Active Movers: Idenix Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:IDIX), Groupon Inc (NASDAQ:GRPN), Twenty-First Century Fox Inc (NASDAQ:FOXA), Sirius XM Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:SIRI), DryShips Inc. (NASDAQ:DRYS)

Active Movers: Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB), Idenix Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:IDIX), Sirius XM Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:SIRI), General Electric Company (NYSE:GE)

Mark Zuckerberg and other members of Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB)’s board have been sued by a shareholder who claimed a policy letting them annually award directors more than $150 million of stock each if they choose is unreasonably generous. Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) stock performance was 0.61% in last session and finished the day at $62.88. Traded volume was 37.62million shares in the last session and the … Continue reading Active Movers: Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB), Idenix Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:IDIX), Sirius XM Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:SIRI), General Electric Company (NYSE:GE)

Biotech unusual volume stocks: Achillion Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ACHN), Idenix Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:IDIX), BioDelivery Sciences International (NASDAQ:BDSI), ImmunoCellular Therapeutics (NYSEMKT:IMUC), Anika Therapeutics (NASDAQ:ANIK)

AbbVie may now consider a takeover of Achillion Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:ACHN), a $411 million company, to expand in that market, Redmond said. Shares of Achillion rallied (ACHN:US) as much as 67 percent yesterday. Achillion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ACHN) stock performance was 47.57% in last session and finished the day at $4.25. Traded volume was 47.79million shares in the last session and the average volume of the … Continue reading Biotech unusual volume stocks: Achillion Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ACHN), Idenix Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:IDIX), BioDelivery Sciences International (NASDAQ:BDSI), ImmunoCellular Therapeutics (NYSEMKT:IMUC), Anika Therapeutics (NASDAQ:ANIK)