Mark Doerr

Mark Doerr is a principal and senior research analyst at Tech Insider covering medical technology companies with a focus on cardiovascular and related therapeutic technology. Mark leverages his prior experience as the director of marketing and business development at a medical device company, along with an extensive network of physician and industry relationships, to provide a unique perspective on the medtech sector. Prior to joining Tech Insider in 2011 he covered medical technology for four years at Craig-Hallum Capital, and has in total 20 years of financial and medtech industry experience.

Bullish Stocks: Allergan (NYSE:AGN), Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ:CMCSA), Novartis AG (ADR) (NYSE:NVS), The Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS)

Valeant, meanwhile, announced a bid to buy Allergan Inc. (NYSE:AGN) for $45.7 billion, part of its announced strategy to join the ranks of the world’s five biggest drugmakers. Allergan, Inc. (NYSE:AGN) stock performance was 15.25% in last session and finished the day at $163.65. Traded volume was 32.43million shares in the last session and the…

Read More

Notable Losers: Kingtone Wirelessinfo Solutions (NASDAQ:KONE), DARA Biosciences (NASDAQ:DARA), Synergy Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:SGYPU), Carver Bancorp (NASDAQ:CARV)

Kingtone Wirelessinfo Solution Holding Ltd (NASDAQ:KONE), a China-based developer and provider of mobile enterprise solutions, announced that the Company and its employees received five awards from its wireless system development work for the Company’s largest client, Hualu Engineering & Technology Co., Ltd. (“Hualu”). The awards were issued by Hualu to recognize the excellent work accomplished…

Read More
Gilead Sciences GILD NASDAQ:GILD

Trending Stocks: Weibo Corp (ADR) (NASDAQ:WB), AstraZeneca (NYSE:AZN), AutoZone (NYSE:AZO), Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG)

The two companies that sold their shares within their marketed range—China’s Leju Holdings Ltd. and Weibo Corp. (ADR) (NASDAQ:WB), both opted the day of their offerings to sell fewer shares than planned. Weibo Corp (ADR) (NASDAQ:WB) stock performance was 19.06% in last session and finished the day at $20.24. According to reports, Pfizer Inc. considered…

Read More

Small Cap Stocks In News: Ariad Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ARIA), Scientific Games Corp (NASDAQ:SGMS), FuelCell Energy (NASDAQ:FCEL), Plug Power (NASDAQ:PLUG)

Ariad Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ARIA) announced that it will report its first quarter 2014 financial results on Wednesday May 7 2014 before the market opens. Following the announcement at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time company management will host a conference call and webcast discussion of the results and provide a general corporate update. Ariad Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ARIA)…

Read More

Healthcare Stocks Touched New Lows: Biocept Inc (NASDAQ:BIOC), Aquinox Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:AQXP), Galmed Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:GLMD), Egalet (NASDAQ:EGLT)

Shares of many of the biotech and pharmaceutical companies that went public earlier this year are now trading well below the offer price, including Biocept Inc (NASDAQ:BIOC), uniCure and Galmed Pharmaceuticals. Biocept Inc (NASDAQ:BIOC) stock performance was -4.99% in last session and finished the day at $4.95. Traded volume was 12,421.00million shares in the last…

Read More

Semiconductor Specialized Stocks: SolarCity Corp (NASDAQ:SCTY), Vimicro International (NASDAQ:VIMC), CEVA (NASDAQ:CEVA), Sigma Designs (NASDAQ:SIGM)

Robert W. Baird upgraded shares of SolarCity Corporation (NASDAQ:SCTY) from a neutral rating to an outperform rating in a report issued on Thursday, TheFlyOnTheWall.com reports. They currently have $75.00 target price on the stock. SolarCity Corporation (NASDAQ:SCTY) stock performance was 1.09% in last session and finished the day at $56.72. Traded volume was 4.91million shares…

Read More